Don't Compromise Even If It Hurts To

I Was Raised In Bars. My Grandmother Had One, And When I Was 12 Years Old I'd Go Stay With Her And That's Where I Got To Watch Her Band Play -- She Had A Seven Or Eight-piece Band, And I Would Sit In The Kitchen And Peek Through The Door. I Was Kind Of A 12-year-old Bottle Washer.

Somebody's Sexual Preference Is, Like, Who Cares?

I Will Do My Duty No Matter What The Price, I've Counted Up The Cost, I Know The Sacrifice. Oh, And I Don't Want To Die For You, But If Dying Is Asked Of Me, I'll Bear That Cross Of Honor Cause Freedom Don't Come Free.

I Get More Respect From Rap Artists Than I Do From My Own Industry. I Don't Always Write The Kind Of Music That Country Executives Want. Rappers Are Like That Too .. My Words Come From The Street, And Their Words Come From The Street. That Slicked-up Pop Stuff Doesn't Come From The Street, It's All Pre-fab.

Through The Years I've Accumulated This Big Bag Of Songs. When I Go Out I Do Close To Two Hours, And It's All Just Attitude - And Up-tempo. I've Accumulated So Many Of Those Types Of Songs Now That The Show Just Gets Off With A Bang, And I'll Only Do Two Or Three Ballads The Whole Show.