I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.

I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?

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 love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

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

When Ray Flacke came out, it was like 'What in the heck is this?' ... there's a guy who had that Tele players attitude, and he plugged straight into that amp with a delay, and it was unbelievable the way he would bend those big strings ... he was really unique.