James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

I also love real estate and decorating.

If you only knew how many sentences I have withheld in hopes that I will be allowed to speak them into your heart one day.

If you are truly able to walk in the shoes of Christ, the very label of religion called Christianity would disappear from the face of earth.

To enjoy a stress free life, enjoy what you have-not what you think you deserve.

Military life is hard, even cruel—especially for the kids.

Here I am I am tired I am tired of running of having to carry my life like it was a basket of eggs

Beans, beans, the magic legumes - the more you ingest, the more you consume.

That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective.

I appeal to the chemists to discover a humane gas that will kill instantly and painlessly. In short- a gentlemanly gas deadly by all means, but humane, not cruel.

With morality we correct the mistakes of our instincts, and with love we correct the mistakes of our morals.

I try to consider people's perspectives and not just my own.