“My mother kept asking me, “When are you going to do a gospel album?” And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album.”

And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.

Wembley way is beginning to blacked with people in terms of red and blue

I probably should put a little more energy into it.

Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?

Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.

Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.

Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..

I’ve been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants.

The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.

I’ve always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you’ve got to have a tour to support that.

I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.

Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?

Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?

A country song is a song about life.

There’s no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.

A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…

I’ve been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that’s the case, I should’ve come here in a space rocket.

When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don’t make any money, then you change things.

I want to do an album with Steven Seagal.

I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.

I’ve been following battle rap for a long time. Me and Daylyt are real cool. We battled on my album, he’s on my album. We did a one round battle on my album and that was just me capturing These Days.

There is always a bit of pressure to do a good album – to do good work, period. I really put a lot of pressure on myself, more so than other people. But I try not to let that overwhelm me to the point where I can’t even do good work. I just put it aside and do the best that I know that I can.

It’s really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.

I have the time needed to support the album and tour.