As a member of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet and native of Louisiana, I am writing to seek your support,

I've been part of the Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet since 2002, which was in its inception or when it started,

Country radio went through a time where they were trying to pigeonhole everybody, and trying to make the gap really narrow, and I think that they've opened that up a little bit.

I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away from that in the things I do. But I read the script and fell in love with it. As hard as I tried to say no, I couldn't.

because being with you makes perfect sense

I'm a private guy, and you don't want to be out there preaching to people. But faith leads you in the decisions you make. You don't always pick the right path, but it's there in your conscience.