Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'Let Her Cry,' I was just trying to write 'She Talks to Angels.'

Whether you are on stage or playing golf, all it takes is one person to throw everything off.

One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with.

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

I always say, no matter what happens to me as a black man in country music, I can handle it if Charley Pride could handle all the stuff he went through.