I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!

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.

'She's Country' obviously changed a lot of things for us and pretty much, I think, doubled our crowd size in just a few months time.

I would say, 'Go ask any couple that's been married for 30, 40, 50 years... It hasn't always been roses.'

You don't want to get too ahead of yourself and go out thinking you can play stadiums every night, and they end up being about half-full.

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 think from an artist standpoint, you have to put out music that you feel like represents you and things you feel like your crowd wants to hear. And if that drives them to go and download the album or the single, that's what we want.