I would say my fraternity was nothing but a bunch of farm boys; we weren't really in the whole fraternity scene, but yeah, that's a safe assessment of who I am. I've lived that life, growing up in agriculture and then going off to college and joining a fraternity, livin' that life.

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.

Anytime you have a fellow artist say, 'Loving the new Luke Bryan album,' that's awesome.

My thing is you just have to try to feel young and stay young. Obviously you get a little older, but I still want my music to be young. I don't want to sound like an old dad onstage, so you just have to write music that sounds young.

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.

Tangle me up like Grandma's yarn.

I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.