I can say that I don't see myself with the foot on the gas pedal as hard as it's been down for 16 years.

Just because I don't sing about the normal country themes doesn't mean my songs aren't country. I'd rather sing about having fun.

Nothing positive at all in my life came from my marriage, I can tell you that.

I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day I started to do that.

Keg in the closet pizza on the floor left over from the night before, where we were going we didn't really care. We had all we ever wanted in that keg in the closet.

I felt as a human being I needed to take a pause and reflect on a lot of stuff that's happened. That was really good for me. And to get some of the ringing out of my years from all the amps on stage.

It sounds like a cliche, but it... you do sing about what you know about. And I grew up in a small town, and I grew up in a place where your whole world revolved around friends, family, school, and church, and sports.