“I've played the song for a lot of people who respond, 'Hmmmm, this is interesting,' but in a way it's more like 'There are two exits in this room, the window and the door. If this song doesn't end soon, I'm going to opt for the window.”

“A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.”

“It's always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you.”

“The country singers understand. It’s always that one song that gets you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you. Country singers are alwaystwanging about that number on the jukebox they can’t stand to hear you play, the one with the memories.”

“Renee used to say real life was a bad country song, except bad country songs were believable and real life isn't.”

“When you stick a song on a tape, you set it free.”

“Girls take up a lot of room. I had a lot of room for this one.”