I get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.

People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.

In life, you have to go through something to get to something. From that, the inspiration comes having something of substance to talk about; otherwise you're just considered to be fluff.

My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond,' I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart, and I was suddenly a single father.

The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.

Down time is not the name of the game.