When your songs are like your babies, even the one that you know aren't great, you still love.

I hate to say stuff like this because everyone dreams about playing The Opry, everyone dreams about playing Gruene Hall, but I've always tried to not concentrate too hard on where I want to go because I know if I put too much stock into it, it would be pretty disappointing if I never got there.

I just continue to be myself and give this thing over to the good lord, just do my best every night and pretend like it's just any other job.

I try to make sure that, when I'm writing, I don't put too much Cody in it. But I don't want to lose it either.

I think if you expect it to do well, you come off a little bit cocky.

It's something that Cory Morrow said to me a long time ago - "Don't ever forget why Nashville is Nashville. The Opry is there for a reason. Country music lives there. Don't be bitter. And don't ever treat Texas or Nashville like either one isn't important."

I'd love to do a live record, I'd love to do an acoustic record, I'm already thinking about what I may want to do with the next studio record.