I wouldn’t necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?

My focus is trying to make great music and putting on great shows, and whatever happens beyond that is a bonus to me.

As far as heroes thorough the years, I’d say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel Richie.

Nothing is more frustrating to me than putting a song on an album and regret putting it on there. I'm excited that there are no songs on 'Tailgates & Tanlines' that I'm iffy about.

Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written.

Our crew guys, it's amazing what they have to go through to make a show happen every night.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'