I believe there's things all around us that make you do good things and some that make you do bad things.

It's always a pleasure to perform for people who love country music. And Australians definitely fall into that category. Each time I go back, I learn something new about the country, and I get to see some of the most beautiful places on the planet.

I'm a traditional country singer and we're always trying to make that a fresh and modern sound. That's always going to be the challenge with me.

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

I've certainly had to bite my tongue on occasion and live to fight another day, so to speak, on certain things. But when you're new and fresh, you come out and think, 'I don't want to screw my chance up, so I'll go along with what everybody else does.'

It's very hard for me to say I'm sorry... but I do.

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'