I grew up working at a record store and listening to vinyl. Even if it's side A and B, there's always this continuity that really turned me on about music.

As an experience, as a listener, for me, I miss the record store. I miss going in and knowing the guy at the counter and being like, "Hey," knowing that he was going to hate the record I put on the counter, and still buying it. That takes some guts.

Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.

I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather.

As I've moved along - not only my life, but my career and things like that - you look at yourself and start going, 'Oh, man, are you still doing what you set out to do? Are the ideals you had still the same?' Sometimes you measure up and sometimes you don't.

I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.