I'm not afraid to go out on a limb, style-wise or with lyrics. I don't ever want to be afraid to cut those types of songs because radio might not play it.

I think it is very important in this business to be an individual

But I'm also a music lover, and I'll always try a lot of different things.

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

You know, you want everything you do, obviously, to be a success critically and commercially. But what you find out as you go along is that everything won't.

Well, probably having to be away from home. When I come back I kind of feel like there's a routine going on that I'm not a part of, so that can be difficult.

When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are