I wanted to have more songs with religious backgrounds. The Christmas record has strong, traditional hymns, but it also has a song called 'Christmas in Heaven' about missing someone that you love that's passed on, and wondering what's going on up there on Christmas.

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

I was watching the show last year and it didn't even cross my mind that this could even happen.

I'm in college at North Carolina State University. I'm about to start my sophomore year and have an apartment on campus with three buddies I've grown up with. I get to be normal when I'm there, and then I tour Thursday through Sunday.

The road is a fun place, and it's a great place to get out there and explore the country. But as far as the road life with the 'rock n' roll temptations,' there's not much of that with me.

That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America.

I want to go to Nashville and get cracking on this album.