When A Single Mom Goes Out On

There Ain't A Woman In The World That Wants To Hear The Word Yes When She Asks If You Think That She Looks Chubby In That Dress. And If She Cooks All Day You Better Eat It With A Smile; It Doesn't Matter If It Tastes Just Like Bad Gravy On A Goodyear Tire.

Tomorrow Is The First Blank Page Of A 365-page Book. Write A Good One.

I Try To Write Like The Writers I Admire - I Rip Them Off In Form. It Comes From George Strait And Merle Haggard Records, And Country Music In General Is Really Good At That, The Twisted Phrase... So Im Always Looking For That Angle In My Own Work.

You Think Back To Tele Players, And James Burton Was The One Who Started It All. He Inspired Roy Nichols (guitar For Merle Haggard & The Strangers), Don Rich (guitar For Buck Owens & The Buckaroos), And Guys Like That To Push The Envelope And Expand On That Sound... I Really Identify With That Kind Of Thinking ... Those Guys To Me Are The Reason Why Any Of Us Do This.

Country Music Has Become The Music That Best Represents The Reality Of American Life.