I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school.

I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.

My manager came up with the idea of taking a Pro Tool rig out on the road to record every night and I thought it was a great idea. I felt like it would be good to record over a certain period of time and then take the best performances of that collection of recordings. It appealed to me that it wasn't going to be from just one location.

I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.

Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.

We all have those days when you feel like you're against the world, every little thing goes wrong and your blood pressure is up. And you feel like punching somebody!

I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real.