And if the audience is moving in that direction, you have to move with them. I'm perfectly capable of doing that; I did it for 15 years before I got a record deal, so I'm having a blast writing these new songs.

It's amazing what the soldiers are doing to help the Afghan people,

It's great to ride with you while you're taking care of business.

Brother killing brother, father slaying son. From the looks of this old graveyard, hell nobody really won.

Somehow it all got too out of hand, too complicated for a simple man. Don't want to have to pick and choose, hey, look at all these things I'll never use.

Have you forgotten when those towers fell, we had neighbors still inside. And you say we shouldn't worry about Bin Laden, have you forgotten?

My co-writer and myself were talking about the whole thing, and he just stood up and said, 'It makes you want to just look these people in the eye and say, 'Have you forgotten?' ... I got chills all over my body because I knew that was the title of the song that we were going to write that day.

I hear people saying we don't need this war, I say there's some things worth fighting for. What about our freedom and this piece of ground, we didn't get to keep them by backing down.

POW 369, I should salute you from this heart of mine. And thank you for placing your life on the line.

Some say this country's just out looking for a fight, after 9/11 man, I'd have to say that's right.