Where I live in Oklahoma, it's all ranchers. My friends are all cowboys and pretty rough guys. If I had a hot tub back there, I may as well have Richard Simmons come over and live with me.
My fans are the best; I love hanging with them.
Even if it's your wedding, if you're a guy, it's boring.
Every day, somebody has a song they want you to hear, and you're stupid if you don't listen to it because you never know what you may find.
I'm not that smart, but I'm smart enough to know that if Usher wants to help you, you let him.
Shoot, man, I love everybody! I don't have time to hate.
If you're in the public eye, people are going to take shots at you.
I've always had just enough success to buy me some more tour dates and another record.
Raffles are no fun.
I don't give a crap about clowns.
My favorite television show has changed throughout the years. I used to think 'Married... With Children' was really funny. But now that I've gotten older, it's 'The Golden Girls,' believe it or not. That shows kills me.
Not everybody in the country-music community is like me - I just happen to be one of the guys that is stereotypical.
No, I don't think I'm ever going to get serious.
It is one of the most validating things for an artist like me, to have people sing along to your songs.
I always make a joke that they transplanted Martina McBride's eyes and put them in my head.
I can't say that I've ever actually got on a horse and roped a cow, no.
I love getting the pontoon boat out, and I don't get to do it as much anymore. If I know in two weeks or a month from now I've got three days off, I can start planning for that stuff, getting out there with friends and family and relaxing, just floating around and hanging out.
When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.
God-dang-it, country music is my heart.
I lost my brother in a car wreck when I was 14 years old. When I decided I wanted to be a country singer, my dad always told me, 'Son, you should write a song about your brother.'
When you start dating another country star, the first question is, 'When are y'all gonna do a duet?' And what sucks about that is people expect you to do it whether you want to or not.
Country music has to evolve in order to survive.
I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.
I stand by the stuff I say, even the really stupid stuff. I'll find a way to justify it.
I still love farming and gardening and things like that in the summertime.
What I do is what I like; if I'm not as famous as I'd like to be, I've done it to myself.
Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I never take for granted. The history and legacy of that circle is awe-inspiring.
I love Cee Lo, but I avoid him when he's holding that smelly cat.
Anybody that has followed closely what I've been doing can see from 'Home,' being as big a hit as it was, it kind of opened the door for me to try new things musically.
People are scrambling to figure out how they can prolong the life of an album. But as long as the shelf space continues to shrink at retail, there's just no room for them anymore... which is fine with me! I would love to be the next person in country to just release digital singles, but I think we're probably a little ways from that.
I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom to me - and not having to return that message or call from my record company or management.
Stop using the word 'bromance.' Can we please kill that stupid term? We're just friends. It's called friendship!