I don't think I'm going to be priest material.

Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.

People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists.

It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the community, and radio was country music. So I can kind of see where all the influences came from.

I am a country boy and proud of it.