Quotes from Toby Keith

I'm influenced by all kinds of music. I have a very diverse iPod. You never know if I've got it on shuffle. You never know what you are going to hear next. I like all genres.

There's a band of studio session - hot players - that play on my albums... They're an eclectic bunch of misfits that I've worked with for years and years.

When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg.

I have drawn a very close bond to all the military people.

My fans have been very loyal to me, so I want 'em into the mix every song. I don't want 'em having breaks on stuff I'm trying to push on them.

Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought.

I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys.

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

When you've got an extra gear in your head where that's all you do, you've constantly got a little radar up. ... And when something hits that strikes that beeper, hits that radar, it's like my song skills kick right in and go, 'Oh, OK, there's a song in that.' And then I start trying to figure it out.

I ain't as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.

I say if you're going to take a chance on something, you just go full balls to the wall.

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town.

You know, I'm pro-troops, but I'm not pro-war.