My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

The public always picks quality.

There is a lot of territory out there still to explore TV-wise, show-wise, movie-wise, everything.

Well, basically I have a lot of friends because I've been in the business a long time and worked with a lot of people.

When you're used to being in the public eye, if you've got a disease, you've got to own up to it. It's about being about it, not running from it.

You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.

You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.

You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.

You never know what the future brings.

You're one of the most natural, great singers I've heard in a long time.

Every label thinks, when they sign someone, 'This is the perfect pedigree to sign. They're cute, they can sing, they can dance, et cetera.' And they say to the public, 'Here, this is what you're gonna like.' But you might say, 'No, I don't like that!' You'll probably say 'no' many more times than you'll say 'yes!'

The pop-star thing bores me because it's somebody programming someone else. Stand over here, sing that, no, sing it like this, talk like that, when they ask you this, don't say that, say this, hold that, drive this, stay here, live there - you're not even a human being. You're a puppet.

I chalk up the fact that I got diabetes to my body saying, 'Dude, you have been doing wrong for way too long!'

I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.

Figure out who you are.

I'm still true to my Southern roots.

If you look at the charts every year, there may be five or ten memorable songs from each year.

Accept who you are and try and make the best of that.

I always say the greats just get better.

I always wanted to be a leading man!