If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of that, too.' That can be tough to resist.

I enjoy my life very much.

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.

I enjoy every minute, because there are going to be a lot of moments in your future that you're going to wish you held onto longer.

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.

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