Digital downloading of music has affected us all in adverse ways.
Because I now realize, after all this time, I have never truly felt worthy of all that I have been given.
I have a very deep and wide relationship with my fans.
I dont take my fans love and dedication for granted.
The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment.
I have always loved the process of making the music, reading the letters from the fans who get married to my music, have children to my music and play my music at their funerals.
I always go into a bit of a funk when the days get shorter and there's not enough sunlight.
I always make music that is true to my spirit.
I know that the internet has helped a new world audience find me.
There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.
I never took a music lesson in my life, it just came naturally.
I used to only worry about the #1's and all of the awards. But that was a long time ago.
Sometimes running a corporation, dealing with powerful companies and trying to juggle so many projects takes its toll.
I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.
It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it.
