I really believe you'll get a music video one of these days that I shot with an iPad because it's that consistent and that good. It's HD.

I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work.

But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.

My home town was really great to me. If you've ever watched 'The Andy Griffith Show,' it's like Mayberry.

My first tweet was at the CMT Awards when I won an award and typed, 'Thank you.' Then I was hooked because the followers started multiplying. It's a great tool.

It's hard to be judgmental once you've been around the world... it's pretty hard to be anything but understanding, and I think it's good for everybody to get out and see someplace other than where you grew up.