My First Gig, I Was

Everybody Should Have Their Own Thing, And If He Don't Want To Be A Role Model, That Should Be Up To Him. In The Right Situations, I Can Try To Help And Be A Role Model, But I'm Still Gonna Speak My Mind, And If That Affects The Role-model Deal, Then Too Bad.

My First Gig, I Was About 17 Or 18. But I'd Been Singing A Long Time. I Got A Guitar When I Was 8, And Started Trying To Write Songs As A Teenager.

My Daddy Served In The Army Where He Lost His Right Eye, But He Flew A Flag Out In Our Yard Until The Day That He Died. He Wanted My Mother, My Brother, My Sister And Me, To Grow Up And Live Happy In The Land Of The Free.

I Get More Respect From Rap Artists Than I Do From My Own Industry. I Don't Always Write The Kind Of Music That Country Executives Want. Rappers Are Like That Too .. My Words Come From The Street, And Their Words Come From The Street. That Slicked-up Pop Stuff Doesn't Come From The Street, It's All Pre-fab.

I Don't Give A Bleep If Gays Get Married. That's Just A Contract, And That's Between Them And God. That Ain't Up To Me To Play God On That.