When I get all focused on songwriting, I get into all the marketing and promotion that we do to make it happen. Then the right song comes along and blows it all out of the water. The right song will do it for you every time.

The music has to drive you. That's just it. You follow it. You follow the songs.

My preference is 3,000, maybe 5,000-seat venues.

I don't even know how to spell 'legacy!

What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.

Country fans are the most loyal in the world.

I grew up very modest, and I never forget that.