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

To have your first No. 1 as an artist was everything I could have ever dreamed for. Now we're keeping our fingers crossed, and hopefully we'll have many more, but there's certainly nothing like the first one.

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

I would say my fraternity was nothing but a bunch of farm boys; we weren't really in the whole fraternity scene, but yeah, that's a safe assessment of who I am. I've lived that life, growing up in agriculture and then going off to college and joining a fraternity, livin' that life.

I think certainly after every show I headline, I will be available to the fans. When I'm headlining a show, I don't walk off stage. I'll walk to the front of the stage and sign hats and shirts and tickets for 15 to 30 minutes, until everyone has everything signed.

It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you.

Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with something.