“When you look around right now, Nashville is kind of going through another changing of guard; you're watching the Martina McBrides and the Faith Hills and all of them that have been the big stars for the last however many years, and the next generation is coming in: Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood”

“It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.”