As far as heroes thorough the years, I'd say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel Richie.

As far as music, Louis Armstrong is one of my heroes.

Nat King Cole was a really big influence.

As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do.