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Writing Is Not Work. In Fact, Theres Nothing Better. Writing Is Something That If The Music Business Went Completely Away Tomorrow - Radio Stations Quit Existing And Music Quit Being Popular And It Was Old Hat - I Would Still Write Songs.

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.

Grandpappy Told My Pappy, Back In My Day Son, A Man Had To Answer For The Wicked He Done. Take All The Rope In Texas, Find A Tall Oak Tree, Round Up All The Bad Boys, And Hang Them In The Streets For All The People To See.

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.

I Agree: Americans Can Be Very Apathetic. We're Not Proactive. We Sit And Watch Tv.