Obviously when you're making music, you want it to get out to as many people as possible. You want to reach as many people as you can.

My dad started teaching me how to play guitar when I was 13 years old. When he'd go to work, he'd map out guitar cords on a piece of notebook paper. I'd sit down and look at it every day and practice while he was gone.

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

I think when you wear the brand anyway, why not go out and try to promote it and make it as cool as you can? The fact that I can continue to do what I've always done and kind of become the face of that brand is to me, kind of just makes sense. It doesn't make sense not to do it I guess.

I think everybody would love to say they were in a movie. Whether or not I'm any good at it, I don't know.

I don't know if Nashville will ever be ousted as the Music City. But I also think that here, over the last few years, Georgia has definitely kind of risen to the top as far as the crop of young artists coming out of this area that are kind of making waves, you know?

I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions.