I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.
Country music is always changing but the Opry is always there to serve as a lighthouse for what country music really is. The past, present and future is all encompassed by not only the physical structure of the building but also the radio show.
When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.
But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.
I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.
Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.
And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.
So darlin' if your wonderin' why I brought you here tonight I wanna be your husband I want you to be my wife I ain't got much to give you but what I got means everything Its my last name
My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.
We've expanded beyond country and bluegrass to rock, alt rock. My music goes down best with domestic light, cold beer.