I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.

I have been waiting a long time for this. It's been my dream forever. Now that it's a reality, I love it. I haven't been burnt out at all and I have a bunch of guys with me that feel the same way.

I'm thinking of you, that's all I do, all the time. You're always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine. No matter where I go, or what I do, I'm thinking of you.

I'm always looking for things that make me kind of uncomfortable.

When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.

You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

I'm a member of the George Jones fan club, and I'm a member of U2's fan club.

I also was a huge 'Dukes of Hazzard' fan. I used to have T-shirts that said 'Dierks of Hazzard' custom-made.

My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.

Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.

I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade.

LIFE=UNCONDITIONAL LOVEIf you can feel this equation. I said IF you can FEEL this equation you can solve any mystery of life..

My difficulties belong to me!

And I was shocked, To see the mistakes of each generation, Will just fade like a radio station, If you drive out of range...

Your life is a blank page. You write on it.

We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up - is over. But the best isn't there yet.

If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it.

The more you know about your customers, the more you can provide to them information that is increasingly useful, relevant, and persuasive.

I wasn't a social butterfly at all.

The most prepared are the most dedicated.

Just go on dancing with me like this forever and I'll never tire. We'll scrape our shoe on the stars and hang upside down from the moon.