My goal is that when the last song is over, and you're walking back to the parking lot, you're already on your phone searching to find the next show.

I think country music is obviously a great form of music. I think it's cool and has mass appeal.

I grew up in an age where I loved going and buying a physical record. Things that were digital and all that stuff, it wasn't around. So I loved going and buying an album and looking through the inserts and reading stuff and seeing pictures.

Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.

I didn't want my records to sound like anybody else, and when I've got my guys in the studio, I have a language with those guys because we work together every day. A lot of times, you bring in outside guys, studio players, whatever, and they're great musicians. It's just that they don't necessarily play the way I want it to be played.

There's a lot of people I'd love to work with at some point, but I think the song has to be the right thing. It has to be the right fit.

I don't really think that audiences are that much different. I think that a fan is the same whether you are from here or from Japan - you come to a show because you like the music. I don't really see much of a difference anywhere.