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

When you play the bars, you pay your dues. It does matter that you know those things [songs]. And the great thing for me, too, is that I draw on that stuff as influences. It's also stuff that you put in the tank that you pull from to make records.

Country fans are the best fans out there because of the loyalty, and the way that they apply your music to every aspect of their life.

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

I don't care if I starve.

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.

I think a lot of times, artists and albums can become formulaic. You're known for a certain thing, and you continue to do that. You just change the subject matter, but it's the same song. And that's what you do.