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

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

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 rewarding than to take a song, create it out of thin air and then watch it affect people.

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.

American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood.

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.