I think the themes in my songs are very similar from the first album to the newest one. It's all about the human condition and how we are all trying to learn to live with each other and survive love and life.

I also love real estate and decorating.

Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first.

James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

Nashville has a formula, and it works a lot of the time, but it wasn't right for me. They're afraid to step outside the box - even though, with me, my success came because I was outside of the box to begin with.