There’s plenty we already know about Collin Raye, like his numerous No. 1 hits, flawless tenor voice and ability to deliver a song with more emotion than almost any other artist, past or present. But there’s still a lot we didn’t know about the 59-year-old, so after chatting with him about his recent Utah concert, and his upcoming album, which includes a song with Miranda Lambert, we asked him 7 questions about his life. Read on to find out more about the country music legend.

1. What’s your favorite song you’ve ever recorded?

I would say “Little Rock” is my favorite. A lot of artists pick album cuts. There’s a song by Hugh Prestwood, called “Heart Full of Rain.” And that may be my favorite song I’ve ever recorded. But of the hits, I would definitely say “Little Rock.”

2. What’s your favorite song that you didn’t record?

I’m going to say from my era, from the ’90s era, one that I really wish I would have had is “The Song Remembers When.” That’s one of the finest songs ever constructed in any era. And again, Hugh Prestwood wrote it, and that song kills me every time. I’m playing it to myself or playing it around the house with my guitar many times. It’s one of those you go, “Boy, I wish I’d had that one.”

3. What’s your guilty pleasure?

I guess I’d have to say probably eating, especially during this whole quarantine thing. A lot of people have put on a few pounds. You are seeing a lot of people outside; the weather’s gotten warm and nice. You see a lot of people out walking and running, and so trying to get that weight off. But during that time, I actually put on a little weight, because I do like to eat. When I get a little down in the dumps, that’s what I go for. I look to the cabinet, which is a very, very bad idea to do that. But I would have to say that’s probably my guilty pleasure.

4. What’s one thing you’d like to change?

This is impossible of course, but I wish we could go back to the mindset of … I grew up at a good time. I grew up in a turbulent time, you know, in the ’60s and early ’70s, and stuff, but there was just a unity among people that even the people who argued about different opinions, they still got along. You could have differences of opinions in families and it was OK. It’s gotten to the point where it’s either on one side of the other. I wish I wish I could make that go away, but obviously I can’t.

5. When is the last time you cried?

In Salt Lake. It’s been months, but it seems like it’s been years, because it’s been such an oppressive thing, being locked down. It’s so hard on people’s minds. I didn’t just do my own songs there. I  did some covers that I felt were appropriate for the event. We actually opened the show with “Here Comes the Sun.”

As soon as we went into that, I mean, I could see people tearing up, and they’re putting their arms up in the air. It was this just joyful sense of freedom and unity that made me emotional. There were several times in the show, certain songs were making me emotional. I didn’t expect that. I didn’t expect that to happen that way. It was good for my soul just to be among those people and, and feel like I was helping. So that was helping them feel something.

6. What’s a TV show or movie you could watch over and over again?

There’s two, and it shows you how old I am. The Andy Griffith Show. TV shows don’t get any better than that. And the other one would be Hogan’s Heroes. They both were TV shows in the ’60s that I grew up on, and so I watched them all the time. It just takes me to a good calm, comfortable place. So I’d say those TV shows would be the TV shows,

Movies again, it would be older stuff, probably Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart. I love John Wayne. I  grew up on John Wayne movies, certain ones of his, like Eldorado or True Grit. I could watch those over, and have watched those over and over and over and over again. As I get older, I start to turn to the past, to calm myself and to soothe myself, so to speak. It’s very difficult for me to watch a new show or a new movie with any enthusiasm. Once in a while. I’ll see one I really like, but I’ve never looked forward to it. When I want comfort, I go back to the old stuff.

7. What’s the one dessert you cannot refuse?

Probably key lime pie. I know it’s full of sugar, but because it’s so light and it kind of goes down light, I feel less guilty. If it was chocolate cake or apple pie or something like that felt heavier, for all I know there’s maybe just as many or more calories in it, but it always feels lighter, so I don’t feel that bad.