It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.

Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

Pilgrims travel to Jerusalem to see the Holy Land, and the foundations of their faith. People go to Washington, D.C. to see the workings of government, and the foundation of our country. And fans flock to Nashville to see the foundation of country music, the Grand Ole Opry.

I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick.

It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.

I get to cry to Barbara Walters, when things don't go my way. I'll get community service no matter which laws I break.