To me, country music is like the blues, but it's something very hip and - I don't want to say commercial - but it's very worldly and good listening.

This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish.

My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.

I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.