A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

I think it's always important to constantly keep the band on their toes and try new things that you hope will work. That's how 'Apologize' was born, and maybe down the line another little song will be born by that mentality. I've always really liked that song.

Nothing is more frustrating to me than putting a song on an album and regret putting it on there. I'm excited that there are no songs on 'Tailgates & Tanlines' that I'm iffy about.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

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.'

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

I'll always have songs with a farm connotation on my albums. It's in the fabric of my music, and I plan to keep it that way.