'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.

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

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

Tangle me up like Grandma's yarn.

Every night before bed, I rub my wife's feet. She says they're the best foot rubs on Earth.

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.

Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line.