My dad encouraged anything I wanted to do, especially music. Actually he drove me around to places where I could play.

Yeah I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones.

Hearing people clapping draws you in pretty quick. It's like bungee cord jumping - it's a rush; you just want to do it again.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.

I didn't get into music to become famous and I didn't get into music to become rich either - I got into because I liked it.

I don't think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they will burn you, haha.

I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry.

No matter what you do, you're going to have people who have something to say about something you do. You can't please anybody.

I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.

There's nothing cooler than a good fitting, worn-in pair of Wrangler jeans, so it's great that with the new Retro line, my fans can go out and rock the same styles that I love.

I think country music is obviously a great form of music. I think it's cool and has mass appeal.

Memory is a sly devil that pretends to wear the cloak of truth, but deceives us both in our youth and our age.

Don't forget to pause and nourish yourself a bit along the way. When you're born to help others sometimes you forget to help yourself.

You will be more strong if you face your fears... so start by facing them!

Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.

Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.

Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.

Those who are truly brave, shall never live in fear.

If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.

As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.

The weight of great power crushes the goodness of the man who rules and the honesty of those who are ruled.