I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to.

I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

I want people to hear the presence of God in the music.

There are peaks and valleys in anything and that is especially true for the music business. It is very inconsistent. But if you are wise, you can let those downs really bring you to another level of your personality.

It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me.

I've never really been a traditional country kind of guy. I wanted my music to sound more like the end of the '90s and to have the kind of great music, pop or whatever, that radio will embrace.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.