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.

I'm kind of at a point in my career where I can get away with traditional stuff and then get away with some more rocky and pop and edgier stuff, too.

Nothing is more rewarding than to take a song, create it out of thin air and then watch it affect people.

I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.

My main thing is I'm gonna go out there every night and give it all I got and just try to put on the best show I can. That's just the way I'm programmed and wired.

Probably fishing is my first passion.

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