I Sobered Up And I Got To

I've Written 90 Percent Of The Songs In My Career, On All My Albums.

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.

In The Years That Ive Seen Concerts, When Ive Paid To See Somebody I Want To See, There Would Be A Certain Amount Of Songs Id Want To Hear. So Whether Its Stuff I Want To Play Every Night Or Not - Or Stuff Ive Been Playing For Years Or Stuff You Get Tired Of Playing - You Have To Play What People Pay For And Make It Fair For Them.

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.

I've Always Said I Can't Tell Sometimes That People Even Have An Album Out Until I See Them Nominated For A Grammy. I Think Country Gets Dumped On Across The Board By The Grammys.