"I jetset around and play these songs and get to hang with some pretty amazing people, then I go home to a really great farm, though actually it's a disaster area of a farm at the moment. But it's certainly a blast. I wouldn't trade lives with anyone right now."

"It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys."

"My political ideas and things like that, even my religion, I try to keep close to me because it's a personal thing, and I don't shove it down people's throats. I don't condemn any artist that wants to do that, like the Baldwins. That's their choice. But in my world, I'm just an entertainer."

"I watched my daddy play that guitar, and whenever I could, I would pick it up and strum on it."

"It is a essential truth that bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose."