“If you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.”

You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.

And just about anybody you can think of who has made country music has been on that stage. That’s what makes you so nervous.

I’m just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren’t the same thing over and over.

Oklahoma’s always been good to me.

You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.

Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.

The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don’t need, what wears you out and what’s important.

If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.

But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.

Just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it’s going to take to get you on the radio.

Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I’ve ever had has been about 50-50 songs I’ve written or co-written and other people’s songs.

I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.

Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They’re really not.

You just write about things that happen.

Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.

Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.

Plans have changed. Life looks different. & now we’re all figuring it out as we go.

They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.

We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.

When it comes down to it, I’d rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.

It’s not very pleasant to draw evil figures.

No matter how much I try, I cant figure out how to not be adorable!

Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.