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 think the Lord gives us everything we can handle, nothing more.

The overall physical demand that Iraq has is pretty amazing. It's 130 degrees, and the soldiers are carrying about 100 pounds of extra gear. It's a pretty rigorous schedule and routine for them.

We have a good opportunity to be good parents right now.

I need to find a church on Sunday. I need to say 'please' and 'thank you,' 'yes sir' and 'no ma'am.' Do the little things because that's part of being an adult.

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

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