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"My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band had another blacksmith shop in Abbott, but he liked me. All he had was horns and drums, and I was set up over there with my little guitar with no amps or nothing. I would play as loud as I wanted to, and nobody could hear me."
"I like to play small clubs."
"Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people regardless."
"Marijuana is like sex: If I don't do it every day I get a headache."
"It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time."
"Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true."
"A lot of country music is sad."
"You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say."
"Be careful what you dream: soon your dreams will be dreaming you."
"A lot of guns there's no need for civilians to own those those are for military"
"Small family farmers are the only things that can save us because they take care of the land. Future farmers of America are going to be our heroes. Same with biodiesel, either way we need small family saustainable and organic farmers."
"Horses were a way to travel to get to where we are today, and it is our job to protect them."
"After every tour, I think about hanging up the touring hat, and after a while of not working, I'm ready to play. I think I enjoy playing music more than I enjoy not playing music."
"I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. ... I'm a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That's what we do. Something that you can slow dance to...I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. ... Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true."
"Marijuana is like sex. If I don't do it every day, I get a headache. I think marijuana should be recognized for what it is, as a medicine, an herb that grows in the ground. If you need it, use it."
"Those people out there like good music. They don't stop and ask themselves, 'Is it country or rock and roll?' If they like it, they will tell you."
"Americans don't eat horses. They are not raised as food animals and they are treated with chemicals that render them unsafe for consumption. The regulations needed to change their status to "food animals" would cripple every aspect of the horse industry as we know it. Plus, it would be wrong."
"Whoever supports the farmer is the guy for America."
"The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite."
"I don't smoke as many joints as I used to."