I Always Try To Make The Music

I've Always Stood Up For Country Music.

You Have To Be Tough-skinned And Willing To Accept Criticism, And At The Same Time, 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.

As Long As I'm Still Able To Have A Hit On The Radio And Sell A Few Albums And Some Tickets, I Don't See That It Would Be Worth Retiring.

I Could Have Done A Hundred Songs, Really. It Was Hard To Narrow Them Down, Because I Tried To Pick Songs For The Most Part That Actually Did Have Some Effect On Me Or Influenced Me In The Past.

I Don't Write All My Stuff. 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.