"I'm not a rock star. I'm a country singer. And I'm proud of it."

"I'm a survivor. I've survived a lot. And I'll survive a lot more."

"I'm not a role model. I'm just a man. I'm a man who's made mistakes. And I'm a man who's learned from his mistakes. And I'm a man who's trying to do better."

"I wear the black in mourning for the lives that could have been. Each one an orphan's cry, a mother's silent sin."

"I wear the black in honor of the brave, the ones who fought for freedom, from the cradle to the grave."