'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.

Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

I am just what I am, I'm just what you see. So I'll make it easy, I'll stay me.

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

You're lookin' so good in what's left of those blue jeans Drip of honey on the money maker gotta be The best buzz I'm ever gonna find Hey, I'm a little drunk on you And high on summertime

Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.

You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it.

A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

Expectation is the greatest impediment to living, running ahead to tomorrow, it loses today.

Love and kindness are most precious where there is endless suffering.

Those who say theory and practice are two unrelated realms are fools in one and scoundrels in the other.

I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.

Now is the autumn of our ennui.

You don't have to know everything as long as you know people who know the things you don't

I do situate myself in this problem of being a Jew who doesn't want to be represented by the state of Israel, a state that claims to represent all Jewish people and make me into a potential citizen.

Avoid foods you see advertised on television.

And so there is magic.

The second was some rather bad poetry, but it was short, and I forced my way through by gritting my teeth and occasionally closing one eye so as not to damage the entirety of my brain.