My thing is, when you put a bunch of rules on a tour, you have to hire three more people to enforce all the rules. So, with me, I want everyone to feel comfortable. It's a lot of little moving parts out here, and little hiccups will come. At the end of the day, the show's going to go on, and I want everybody to truly enjoy it.

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

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.

I've been so blessed to have my career gradually get bigger and bigger, so I've been able to absorb stuff and take stuff gradually.

You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out.

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

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.