To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.
Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.
Anytime you're in West Virginia or near it, and you sing, 'Take Me Home, Country Roads,' it's a sight to behold.
When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.
I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.
No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you change as a person. To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way. And the second thing is these are different times.