From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

My thing is, when you put a bunch of rules on a tour, you have to hire three more people to enforce all the rules. So, with me, I want everyone to feel comfortable. It's a lot of little moving parts out here, and little hiccups will come. At the end of the day, the show's going to go on, and I want everybody to truly enjoy it.

Alcohol is perfect for me to curb the nerves a little bit.

Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey.

I want to be comfortable on TV. If I'm comfortable, they're comfortable watching me. I think nothing's more icky than watching icky on TV.

My best artist friend is definitely Jason Aldean. He and I really get along great and are really great friends. It's fun to tour with a buddy and somebody that I just enjoy hanging out with. If we weren't touring together, we'd be hunting in the off-season still and knocking around doing stuff, certainly.

A lot of people don't have near the amount of success as I've been blessed to have, and it's all about working hard and hoping that continues.