They’re mostly done before we went into the studio, although I do like writing in the studio.

I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart’s in the right place, and I love country music.

He has a master understanding of holding a crowd and taking them places: high, low and everywhere in between, … He knows how long he can hold them before they go over the edge, and...

We go to Australia with LeAnn Rimes for a couple of weeks in October. We have a lot of shows between now and the end of the year.

There are certain things you want to go do together, and you want your mate to be there. But mostly you just try and, you know, pick places where you shouldn’t be going because it’s...

I’m grateful when anybody can start to have his or her limited perception of the genre open up a little bit, … There’s a lot of great music in the country genre that doesn’t get...

You’re always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they’re all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn’t done on the first one.

One day I’m gonna run across your mind, but don’t worry I’ll be fine, I’ll be alright while you’re sleeping with your pride, wishin’ I could hold you tight, but I’ll be gone and on...

I think it just means that country is a global phenomenon.

You look at me and give me that ‘come here baby’ smile. And I know we can make it through anything.

I wrote it and God said ‘Well, I’m gonna’ hang on to them and when you’re going through this I’ll give it back to you.’ And that’s exactly what happened.

Days go by like a hand out the window in the wind!

This is good for all of us, … This is good for a lot of New Yorkers that are starved for their country music.

I’m lettin’ go of all my lonely yesterdays, I’ve forgiven myself for the mistakes I’ve made.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don’t know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It’s vanity because...

Day after day you find a way to make this grown man cry.

I remember one night crawling around on my hands and knees, looking for these little rocks at 5 in the morning. It was the worst.

It can get a little costly if you try and leave it until then to write songs. But you’re writing all the time. You’re collecting songs. I’ve had songs that have been collected over a...

[DETAILS – For the new campaign, which focuses on how jeans and songs are individual expressions of personality and style, Virgin Records’ Stone and Capitol Nashville’s Urban recorded one of their favorite songs exclusively for...

We just wanted to present a better tone for ‘Better Life,’ and I had been down to New Orleans and was struck by a combination of things — how much has been done and how...

It’s not the case of turning in a bunch of songs and recording the next month. I think you’re looking for songs all year long and you’re writing all year long.

For a long, long time I felt music was a trick for me. Because I had been playing guitar at such an early age, it felt like a magic trick — I didn’t really have...

The dealer took $2,000 off the asking price, as long as I agreed to make an appearance at his dealership some time in the future. It’s taken long enough, but I’ve finally got back to...

My father’s record collection was all country. That’s how I was exposed to it.

I think we just got upstaged. Everything pales in comparison.

The dealer took $2 000 (R12 000) off the asking price, as long as I agreed to make an appearance at his dealership some time in the future.

Once we get into the groove, we’re kind of like long-distance runners – that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running – and I don’t stop!

You were not available for this one, apparently.

I’ve always been a pretty private, quiet kind of person and so I haven’t had to change my life really at all, I don’t think.