I Say If You're Going To Take

Here's The Thing. Just Because You're Pro-troops Doesn't Mean You're Pro-war. And Just Because You're Anti-war Doesn't Mean You're Anti-troops. Just Because You Don't Support The War People Think You Are Anti-troops And You Are A Bad Guy.

The Iraq War Has Thrown Such A Heavy Shadow On Afghanistan That You Can't Hardly Get Any News About That Now. I Went To Afghanistan This Year And Spent More Time There Than I Did In Iraq ... Just 'cause They Were Forgotten About, And I Wanted Them To Know That I Appreciated It.

Hate Me If You Want To, Love Me If You Can.

My First Gig, I Was About 17 Or 18. But I'd Been Singing A Long Time. I Got A Guitar When I Was 8, And Started Trying To Write Songs As A Teenager.

If We Were To Sit And Discuss Abortion And Legalizing Marijuana And Gay Marriage And All Those Things, You'd Be Surprised Where You'd See Me On The Side Of Some Of That Stuff. People Get Their Opinions - As Soon As You're A Real Flag-waving Patriot, Then All Of A Sudden You're A Conservative.