If my life were a song it would probably be titled 'Roller Coaster', up and down all the time.

Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do.

I want to do music the rest of my life.

I wanted people to see that I really am a real person. I'm not just some guy who was on a TV show, some guy engulfed in the Hollywood life. I'm just a normal guy when it comes down to it.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

I don't think you'd call me a traditionalist. But you can say I have an old soul, because I grew up listening to Conway Twitty and Hank Williams.

When you're the opener, you're the guy getting the crowd warmed up. But when you're the headliner, you're the main dude. People come to see you, and you have to deliver. It's a cool position to be in.