I grew up in east Tennessee, and everybody knew everybody's business.
I'm like a shark. I've got to be constantly moving.
I think there is a part of life that I'm missing.
Things that made me happy five, six years ago don't make me happy anymore.
I was standing onstage last year, and I felt like I wanted to be somewhere else. No matter how many people were out there, it all just felt like a blank sheet of paper.
First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.
I can say that I don't see myself with the foot on the gas pedal as hard as it's been down for 16 years.
Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.
Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.
I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it.
My mind is constantly going. For me to completely relax, I gotta get rid of my cell phone.
I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.
I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things.
Believe it or not, I want to keep growing my audience.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm a helluva kisser.
Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.
People who can't kiss had everything given to them.
I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with.
I don't think I ever feel sexy. I don't think that's for me to decide, if I'm sexy or not.
I have 120 employees on the road every day, and about 30 other employees off the road.
