I Am A Country Boy And Proud

The Best Compliment That Has Ever Been Given To Me Was, I Was At The Airport One Day And A Guy Came In And Said, 'lionel, My Wife Loves You, The Kids Love You, My Mother-in-law Loves You, The Family Loves You.

When Your Past Calls, Don't Answer. It Has Nothing New To Say.

Your Kids Can Say Some Cruel Things To You At Times. For Example, Nicole, Miles And Sofie Are Standing There In The Room And I'm Dressed To Kill In My Own Mind. They'll Say To Me, 'dad, You're Not Going Out There Looking Like That Are You?' If That Doesn't Kill A Star, I Don't Know What Does!

It's Quite Interesting That In My Growing Up I Had Several Influences. We Had Gospel Music On Campus. R&b Music Was, Of Course, The Community, And Radio Was Country Music. So I Can Kind Of See Where All The Influences Came From.

Forget About Surviving 40 Years In The Music Business. Just Surviving 27 Years Of Nicole Richie Has Been A Struggle-and-a-half, I Want To Tell You. I Stand Here As A Survivor, I Want You To Know, For All The Parents Out There.