My First Gig, I Was About 17

I'm Not A Political Guy. I've Been A Democrat My Whole Life, But That Didn't Mean I Went In And Just Pulled The Democratic Ticket.

Burning Up The Phone Until There's Nothing Left To Say, So I Lay Here And Just Listen To You Breathe. Girl You Know It's Only Been A Week Since Our First Date-back When You Were Just A Stranger To Me. I've Never Let Another In So Soon.

Don't Apologize For Being Patriotic. Support The Troops

I Get More Respect From Rap Artists Than I Do From My Own Industry. I Don't Always Write The Kind Of Music That Country Executives Want. Rappers Are Like That Too .. My Words Come From The Street, And Their Words Come From The Street. That Slicked-up Pop Stuff Doesn't Come From The Street, It's All Pre-fab.

I Was Raised In Bars. My Grandmother Had One, And When I Was 12 Years Old I'd Go Stay With Her And That's Where I Got To Watch Her Band Play -- She Had A Seven Or Eight-piece Band, And I Would Sit In The Kitchen And Peek Through The Door. I Was Kind Of A 12-year-old Bottle Washer.