“Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.”

“I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.”

“I grew up in North Carolina, and they have a soft drink called Sun Drop. I love the diet version of it. It's the greatest thing on the face of the earth. I always have it in my fridge - bus fridge ...”

“Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.”

“I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubb...”

“If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words”

“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.”

“They only want to be there while youre on top, and when you havent gotten a gig in a while and you dont know how youre going to pay your rent at the end of the month and the glamor they thought the...”

“Have you ever heard somebody sing some lyrics that you've never sung before, and you realize you've never sung the right words in that song? You hear them and all of a sudden you say to yourself, '...”

“If you feel so emptySo used up, so let downIf you feel so angrySo ripped off so stepped onYou're not the only oneRefusing to back downYou're not the only oneSo get up”

“Am I the reason you breatheOr am I the reason you cry?”