I've always been the high harmony singer. It's never my job to know the verses! But I know the chorus of every song ever made.

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're in a truck.' It's just mind-numbing to me.

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

A lot of people play to impress, but the really gifted ones play to move. That's the greatest point of ever doing this.

There ain't no future in the past.

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.

I want to kiss the bottom of the ocean before I burst through its surface into the sunlight. Otherwise I'll always be wondering about what was left unseen at the bottom.

Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.

Nobody goes to a movie and watches the script. There is a lot of other stuff going on.

A fish and a bird may indeed fall in love, but where shall they live?

Discrimination involves reflection and absorption.

It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.

It's difficult for them to do a deal at these levels.

I handle my emotional pain with music and old movies, preferably Westerns.

Dot the i's, cross the t's, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.