Tonight I'm the designated drinker.

I've always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you've got to have a tour to support that.

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

Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.

I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.

Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.