I've dealt with losing close ones before, and I've been around friends that have lost friends at a young age. I think it's important to think about - not necessarily death, but about life and think about where you're going and how you want to be remembered and the legacy you want to leave.

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 still single, but me and Lauren are really really really close friends.

You gotta *be* country music - you can't just sing it.

Somebody described it to me the best as when you go in to write a song with two people that you've never met, you're pretty much going in and taking off your pants in front of strangers, so it's a really weird feeling.

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.