Sometimes you have to listen to other people, and see what the audiences want. That's what entertaining is about.

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

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.

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

When people have passion there's nothing they can't do.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.