After My First No. 1 Song Back

Country Music Artists Are Staying True To Their Roots, Keeping It Country But Throwing A Little Bit Of Rock Flair In There Which I Think Is A Good Thing.

There's A Lot Of People I'd Love To Work With At Some Point, But I Think The Song Has To Be The Right Thing. It Has To Be The Right Fit.

The Worst Gig Story I Have Is From A Club In Alabama That I Think Is Still Up And Running, So I Won't Name The Name Of The Club. We Got Hired In There To Play, And The Owner Was Pretty Annoying. He Kept Coming Up To Me During The Show And Asking Me To Play 'purple Rain.'

I Didn't Want My Records To Sound Like Anybody Else, And When I've Got My Guys In The Studio, I Have A Language With Those Guys Because We Work Together Every Day. A Lot Of Times, You Bring In Outside Guys, Studio Players, Whatever, And They're Great Musicians. It's Just That They Don't Necessarily Play The Way I Want It To Be Played.

I Think From An Artist Standpoint, You Have To Put Out Music That You Feel Like Represents You And Things You Feel Like Your Crowd Wants To Hear. And If That Drives Them To Go And Download The Album Or The Single, That's What We Want.