The secret of my success was very simple. When I found a great song, I grabbed it.

The thing I always liked best about touring abroad was constantly running into different people, different cultures, different foods. It really pumped up my batteries... I'm constantly playing to a demographically diverse audience... one generation is driven by nostalgia, the next by curiosity. And that's why I have no plans to retire.

I'm a performer. I've tried everything there is.

I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball, I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants and squirrels. Not only was I trapper, I was a taxidermist.

My favorite song is 'I've Always Been Crazy,' because people tell me I'm crazy everything I tell them I want to do something like this. And maybe I am, but that's OK. I do what I want to do, just like Waylon and Shooter.

It says the right things. When we do the song live, people stand up and sing along by the first chorus.