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

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

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

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

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'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.

Stubbornness and ignorance and determination are a very fine line from each other. I'm a very stubborn person, but not so stubborn that I can't learn new things and meet new people, but I have a one-track mind.