I've been so blessed to have my career gradually get bigger and bigger, so I've been able to absorb stuff and take stuff gradually.

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

Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey.

People hear me talk and they know my background and they immediately stereotype me as being a real, real country guy, and that's the right stereotype. But you also want people to know you're a little broader than that, too.

Even with all the negativeness of the whole social media thing, I still think it's leaps and bounds more positive.

I got my iPad, and I'm trying to buy books on that, but I kind of like a book. At the end of my life, when I'm old, I want to have all these shelves full of books. So I'm just gonna do the book thing.

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