I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

My goals are - I don't need much. I'm a simple man. I think that success is having fun. And when I'm having fun doing music, I'm happy. If I can make a little money on the side doing it, I'm really happy.

This whole thing that's happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn't yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas, that was to be true to myself, to be the person that I...that was on inside of me and not play games.

As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.

There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.

I'm quite happy with the music carrying on. I've never been one to clamor for fame. It just got dumped in my lap. The ambition is definitely not fame. The ambition is to be creative.