My mom was always playing Elvis around the house or ZZ Top, so there was always rock-n-roll and country being played.

Man, I live out 90 percent of my songs and the other 10 percent... once in a while, I'll put myself in someone else's shoes and try to go down that road.

Minneapolis, in general, has been there with me since the beginning. They made me feel important before I really even had a foundation. I think a lot of it has to do with it's such an intense music city in its own right.

I never did figure on being a college man.

I just hope I'll live to 60, and then I'll turn to the Lord and say, 'I'm ready for you now. I got all the time in the world to start making it up to you now.'

I live wild and free and reckless, but that's the price you have to pay for rock.

I know I'm a sinner.

I always do my show and say hello. And a lot of people are standing around waiting to shake my hand and say thanks for, A, letting me talk to you, and letting me feel a part of what you do.

Most people do their shows and get the hell out, and don't even care about the fans.

Radio can break you.

I have never had a business mind.

That's part of it: You can't be a country singer-songwriter if you've never had an official heartbreak.

No other Hank Williams has ever screamed like I have. I guess that's my way of officially being me.

I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held up.

I'm a very respectful person.

I don't like to tell people what they should or shouldn't do.

I've always said I'm gonna work the road as hard as I can 'til I'm 50, then I might slow down a little bit.

This is just what I do, play music and create sounds and all that good stuff.

My whole game plan, at first, was I wanted to rock out as hard as I could because usually you're old by the time you're 24.

In country, you can grow old with your fans. You can still do shows when you're 70.

I chose taking the hard road and creating my own niche and getting my own fan base.

I would definitely pick Flint over Detroit any day.

The folks at Curb Records didn't have respect for me and I was there for 15 years.

I'm not just a country artist. I've got so any sides to me and the music I write.