Australia is breathtakingly beautiful, and I can't wait to visit again.

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.'

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 can't sing anything other than country!

I wanted to make a traditional record that had a lot of art and showed my vulnerable side and showed things I'm passionate about.

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.