When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I was definitely country.

In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.

I wanted to play rocking country music, and when I started out in the late Seventies, it took me a couple of albums to figure out how to do that.

I've always been one of those people - once I start something, I have to get it all out, because it gets me.

I love rock n' rollers.

I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.