I'm protective of ballads, ... I stay as close to the original as I can. I like to phrase it and tell a story. I want to hear the pretty chord changes.

You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are.

I'm naturally a protective person to those close to me.

I stay off the Internet.

Kurt was lucky last year, and he was lucky again.

I don't think it would be good for the sport. Those people up there in the stands know who is and who is not racing, and with Earnhardt Jr. and Gordon, two of the biggest draws not in it, some of the hoopla won't be the same.