You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

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

I thought being on stage was an amazing feeling, but there is nothing that can top watching my wife bring our son into this world.

You get weird, funny requests on Twitter. With our fan club, I was seeing a lot of fans were having some issue with the way the fan club tickets were being handled in one of the shows. So I was able to correspond with that fan, and be like, 'Listen, we'll be on it.'

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else, you were somewhat out of place.

'Dirt Road Diaries,' in my mind, is a perfect country guy song. It speaks to the hard-working guy, and I'm excited for the fans to hear that one.

I always want to make an album that lets people immerse in it, kind of like you get caught up in a good movie.