Man, if anybody knew the path that we've been on, no one in their right mind would ever try to duplicate it. That's something Nashville always tries to do, though. If something is successful, they try to repeat it by telling other people, "Hey, do what that guy did." I just don't think it works that way. The first one who gest there, the one that cuts the path ... it's always the roughest path but I think it's got the most reward at the end.

I wouldn't be the man I am today, If not for those I've loved along the way

I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.

Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.

There's just a lot of people that hold on to what country means to them. I love fiddle, I love steel, but I don't think it should be a rule that it has to be used in every song. I think that's not what defines or makes country music.

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.

The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.