"After 17" is a song I wrote when my first daughter went to college, so that's kind of where I'm at in that part of my life. If you listen to that song and knew anything about me, you'd say, "Oh yeah, he wrote that about his daughter," but I try not to write them that they are so specific that they wouldn't apply to anybody that has a child.

I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I've gotten older, I think. I noticed that.

I'm usually just enjoying life.

I love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.

I think I've always approached making albums pretty much the same way. I'm just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren't the same thing over and over.

I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.