I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.

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

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.

I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it's become a little bit of what the industry can be.

Stay young and wild as long as you can

The biggest thing is to continue to do what you do. A lot of people, when they get to a certain level, start thinking about it too much and they change what they do.

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