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I'm not trying to dog any artist or genre, but to me, there is a lot of diversity missing from the radio. I miss turning the radio on and getting punched in the soul with a great lyric.

'Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.

What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was 'Hee Haw,' was 360 degrees of entertainment.

I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.

Guys like me and Ray Charles, when we was coming up through our days, country music and soul music was just a very thin line between the two.

I did radio back in the era when we did radio drama.

Ironically, the success I've experienced at country radio has left me ostracized from pop and other formats of radio.

If you had a good radio - and everybody did in those days - you could find it.

I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung.

Radio used to be dominated by Tom Petty and artists like that. If Tom Petty came out today, he'd be played on country radio - all that stuff would. I think the genre has opened itself up to more styles of country, and I think that's a good thing.