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.

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.

I'm a big sports fan in general.

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

I am just what I am, I'm just what you see. So I'll make it easy, I'll stay me.

Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast. That always set the tone for the mood in my household, whether we had rain coming in or not - we knew the crops would be good and it was going to be a good week around the Bryan household.

'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.