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

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.

Look to the Heavens, you can look to the skies. You can find redemption staring back into your eyes.

I don't ever land on an album title until I know exactly what's going on the record, because you never know until it's all said and done.

Don't let your children take priority over your marriage and your work and everything else.

One of my favorite places is Seattle. Growing up, I never thought I'd be able to go to Seattle. I grew up in eastern South Carolina, so that's as far as you can get from Seattle, unless I lived in Miami.

'Firecracker' was such a fun song to write and to perform.