Country Was About Character. Country's Changed Because

We Sat Around And I Fed Them Barbecue And Whiskey. And Pretty Soon Everyone Started To Compete With Each Other On The Guitars. It Seemed The More Everyone Drank And Ate, The More Everyone Got Into It.

My Whole Back's Tattooed. I Just Wanted A Twist. I Was Always In Punk Bands When I Was Little I Think That's Where The Tie Comes From.

Anytime Something Starts To Feel Like A Popularity Contest Or Not About The Music, I'd Rather Just Not Be Involved. I'm Not A Big High-fiver. That Really Gets To People Around Me When We Have A No. 1 Or Something Big Happen. I'm Not A Big, 'let's Go Have A Party About It!

I Really Like The Old Stuff That I Cut My Musical Teeth On, And I Loved It When The Industry Was Just Like That, Without Really A Genre. Today, Country Radio's More Aimed At A Demographic Than A Genre. It Just Softens Everything.

I Am So Anti-people's Opinions When I'm Making A Record, But When It's Finished And I Put It Out There, I Hope Somebody Likes It.