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.'

In my mind, as long as I did what was right for me, I was cool. But that's not the way it works. You have to think about other people and take their feelings into account.

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

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'

It's always a pleasure to perform for people who love country music. And Australians definitely fall into that category. Each time I go back, I learn something new about the country, and I get to see some of the most beautiful places on the planet.

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