 I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums. |
| Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life. |
| Maybe you're going to a concert thinking you're not going to hear anything but music. But you may walk away from there with an answer to a problem that you're carrying around with you that you didn't think you were going to hear about. |
| I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened, I was so broken up. After that, I decided to seek God for my life and my next marriage. |
| The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from. |
| Country's hip; it's cool music. |
| It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles. |
| That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts. |
| I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children. |
