When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.

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.

Even with all the negativeness of the whole social media thing, I still think it's leaps and bounds more positive.

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

People hear me talk and they know my background and they immediately stereotype me as being a real, real country guy, and that's the right stereotype. But you also want people to know you're a little broader than that, too.

My path is exactly where I want it to be. I'm doing my thing. I'm getting better with every album.

Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast. That always set the tone for the mood in my household, whether we had rain coming in or not - we knew the crops would be good and it was going to be a good week around the Bryan household.