Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.
People will clap to be nice. They will not laugh to be nice.
Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.
There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.
I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.
Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.
You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.
I've always said that gray hair looks good on everybody but yourself. To me, it makes me look old.
Well, I don't think everything necessarily that I touch turns to gold, but I think I get great joy out of it regardless of whether it is successful or not.
You know, I've always said, I've never felt I was a particularly good singer, but I've always thought I had a great knack for picking hit songs.
My music was my life, and it played a large part in my inability to sustain relationships.
I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.
There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.
The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.
There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.
I still like going on the road and performing, but it's getting tougher. I try to have my wife and the twins with me but it's getting harder and harder for them. They need to be in a home environment and not traveling with me.
When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.
Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.
