Platinum is a lot of things: it's hair, it's diamonds and platinum

We write so many songs, it is difficult to narrow them down.

I feel like if you turn on country radio, you will find something you'll love because it's so diverse.And that's a great thing.

I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song.

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.

I have my views and obviously my music has connotations that lean toward what I believe, but I've learned through other artists' mistakes that I'm never going to use my career as a platform for politics, especially at shows. People come to hear music. It's my job to entertain them, and it's my escape too.

Country music is different because we [musicians] are all actually happy for each other. We're all friends. It's a little family. So if you don't win [an award], usually one of your friends does. So it's kind of a cool thing. I think it's the only genre of music to have that camaraderie.