I want there to be a level of respect between everybody.

I live to love and laugh a lot and that's all I need

I'm proud of the fact that I'm at a point in my career that if I want to take a little bit of a left turn and make an album that is more hushed, more acoustic and more personal, that I can do it.

I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things.

There's this idea that somebody's job could be more important than somebody else's, and to me, that's not true.

I work hard but I play hard.

Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.