Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.

Anybody can get lost in themselves.

My previous visits to Australia created fantastic memories, so I'm definitely looking forward to another visit. It is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. I think every person in the entire country is nice. Seriously, I haven't seen or heard of a mean person yet. And they love country music.

You know, I'd like to sit here and blame everybody else for my trouble. I just can't do that. I can't find it in myself to do it.

I think every artist would love to just please themselves musically all day long.

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.'

Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.