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Growing Up In Georgia, I Used To Think People Up North Or Out West Were So Different. They're Really Not. They're Just Regular People Who Live In Small Towns. They Grow Up And Try To Raise Families And Have A Job And Go To Church And Play Softball. It's That Way Everywhere.

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.

You Think About People Like Hank Williams, Who Stood On That Spot Of Wood, And Mr. Acuff, And, Of Course, George Jones. 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 - To Think About The Historical Part Of The Opry And How It's Played Such A Part In Country Music.

I've Been A Lot Of Places, And My Wife, Denise, She Likes A Lot Of The Fancy Restaurants. I'm More Of A Basic Eater. I Still Go Into Cracker Barrel. Those Are The Kind Of People Who Like The Kind Of Music I'm Making.

You Think A Lot Of People Get To Be Big Stars And Get A Little Crazy, But Most Of The Ones I've Ever Met Have Always Been Surprisingly Normal, And I've Enjoyed That.