I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.

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'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.

That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity. I think it's great that a kid wants to learn more and wants to be at the peak of learning, especially at that young.

You know, I can be the happiest man in the world with minimal record success.

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

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.