By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.

The most flattering thing I hear is, 'I didn't think I liked country music before I heard your record.'

Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.

I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.

It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry.

Within the songwriting community, there are these unwritten rules for the way that a song should be written in country music, and I think that those rules are constantly being broken over the years, and the molds change and the process is evolving.