That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.

I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.

But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.

No, as an artist, you have to be free to explore all the corners of your heart. There are no boundaries.

That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.

I have been waiting a long time for this. It's been my dream forever. Now that it's a reality, I love it. I haven't been burnt out at all and I have a bunch of guys with me that feel the same way.

And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.