When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.

You know, I've always said, I've never felt I was a particularly good singer, but I've always thought I had a great knack for picking hit songs.

You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor.

I still like going on the road and performing, but it's getting tougher. I try to have my wife and the twins with me but it's getting harder and harder for them. They need to be in a home environment and not traveling with me.

Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.

The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.

Well, I don't think everything necessarily that I touch turns to gold, but I think I get great joy out of it regardless of whether it is successful or not.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

I feel like I learn something from everything I do.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

I have awards right now that I do not remember walking on stage to get.

I just hope I can spread some of the happiness that's been coming my way.

I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.

I think when you're in the public eye, you feel a pressure to stay younger looking.