For me, I wanted somebody that got me musically, that understood that I'm an artist and this is who I am. I'm not going to be like another artist on your label, probably - hopefully. I found all those things with the Broken Bow group.

In my mind, as long as I did what was right for me, I was cool. But that's not the way it works. You have to think about other people and take their feelings into account.

Sometimes you have to listen to other people, and see what the audiences want. That's what entertaining is about.

You know, I can be the happiest man in the world with minimal record success.

The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back.

I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.