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

I'm proud to have so many great friends at country radio who believe in what I do - thanks to all of them.

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

The Lord has blessed me more than I deserve.

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.'

I want to see success right away. And I want to never give up, never stop.

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