I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day.

I find myself going out on the road to get my confidence back, because I lose it at home.

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

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

I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.

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

Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it.