I've made music since I was a kid so I've always gotten joy out of that.

I was always going to make music, but I cleaned up my act a lot just to be a good dad and a husband. That sort of changed my career professionally, too.

Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.

One thing we have to remember as songwriters is that we have to consider that country music is the country's music. That doesn't mean that everybody's rural.

I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.

I always try to put something personal on my albums just to give people out there a little piece of my history and how I got where I am and who I am.