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.

When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.

Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.

I have a new hobby and it's pretty much logging.

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

It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end.

I want to be the guy out there on the edge.