It's been a long hard ride. See you on the other side.

I listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material.

If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.

I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.

I don't mind traveling that much when I can go somewhere and stay there for a while, but touring is different. You rarely see anything. You get there early in the morning and you're resting all day, and you go in and do a sound check, and you do the show, and then bam you're gone.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.