I'm big into fishing, but I've never been much of a hunter. I never was really raised around it a whole lot, so I never got a chance to do it a whole lot.

You have to believe that things can be bigger than what you see in front of you in order to move forward.

When people have passion there's nothing they can't do.

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

When you find great songs, and somehow you get a spark in a little way, it can become brand new.

Music is also supposed to be fun. On this record, (titled 'III'), I really had the desire again to jump back into some good-time, fun-loving songs.

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.