We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside.
You know what I do on Sundays? I sing in a choir. I sing in a Greek Orthodox choir, and I'm the only hillbilly tenor in the Orthodox Church.
I make no apology about being a hillbilly.
When I started out, I was what they called corny. After a week in Nashville they were calling me hillbilly.
I believe that Willy Nelson is the hillbilly Dalai Lama.
Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.
If I'm opening up for George Jones or playing a complete honky-tonk, I do true country music. But if it's a complete rock club, I'll do some country and a little bit of this hillbilly acoustic country metal or whatever it's called.
