My Earliest Memories Of Country Music Are

Believe Me, I Love Commerce As Much As The Rest Of The Readers Of 'businessweek.' But In Art, You Have To Be True To Yourself And Your Musical Vision. People Have Known Me Well For A Long Time, So If I Was Chasing A Trend And Doing Something That Wasn't Authentic To Who I Am, They Would Know It In Just A Few Seconds.

By Growing Up In Alabama, I Had A Melting Pot Of The Whole Pie: R&b, Gospel, Country.

All Artists Are Egotistical Maniacs With Inferiority Complexes.

So Much Of My Career Has Been About Saying Things The Way People Say Them, Using Melodies Not That I Can Sing But That The People Can Sing.

Greatness Comes From Fear. Fear Can Either Shut Us Down And We Go Home, Or We Fight Through It.