It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year, and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me.

I’ve always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to.

I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you’re born to make commercial music that’s cool. But if you’re born to not make commercial records, maybe you’re meant to cater to another market.

I’ve never really been a traditional country kind of guy. I wanted my music to sound more like the end of the ’90s and to have the kind of great music, pop or whatever, that radio will embrace.

It’s almost scary how good things are right now. I’ve been engaged now for about a year and it’s the first time anything like that has happened to me.

If I ever did cross over I would like to do it tactfully. I don’t want to offend anyone in country. Can you have the best of both worlds? I sure like the idea of it!

I’m an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don’t get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

We would have a session set up to do vocals and my nose would really close up and we'd have to stop and reschedule. We were wasting money. I had to go somewhere else where I could breathe.

We never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public.

I'd like to live day-to-day more than anything, but 10 years from now, if I could say anything, I'd hope to still be making great records.