I think it’s important for artists to work together. It’s great for fans to see, like, Ludacris came out to our show in Atlanta and kinda made a surprise appearance there, it shows a mutual...

If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that’s religious and they’re going to come see you when you’re in that town,...

I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend’s wife, and she was my wife’s best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004...

Macon has such a rich musical history – and the state of Georgia, as well.

I remember being 4 or 5 years old, sitting in front of a record player with headphones listening to my dad’s albums,

I don’t know if Nashville will ever be ousted as the Music City. But I also think that here, over the last few years, Georgia has definitely kind of risen to the top as far...

I didn’t want my records to sound like anybody else, and when I’ve got my guys in the studio, I have a language with those guys because we work together every day. A lot of...

In the music business, especially the country music business, every 10 years or so you’re going to have this changing of the guard, this wave of new artists that comes in.

It’ll be my luck that the worst candidate will pick up ‘Fly Over States’ as his election song. Then I’ll be forever linked to that guy, whoever he is!

I haven’t figured out why people like what they like. I don’t know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and be a millionaire.

But for me, I thought you made a record, you got on a bus, went out and played your shows and made a lot of money. That was the way it was supposed to go...

I can picture guys sitting out in their yard, working in their yard, bending over to plant some trees or something, and half their crack shows, … I mean, that’s kind of one of the...

My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn’t supposed to, and I tried to keep her from finding out about it....

To me, a critic is someone who gets paid for their opinion, and they’re entitled to that opinion but I don’t really put a lot of stock into their opinion. I’m going to cut the...

My golf score is really bad. I don’t know. I’m definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I’m in the fairway about 99% of the time....

I’m trying to get an acting gig on ‘CSI’ or something like that, so we’ll see how that works out. I’m a singer, definitely not an actor, so I just follow directions.

Country music in the mid-’90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in ’94’ back in my club days. Joe Diffie was rocking a sick mullet,...

Entertainer of the Year, to me, there’s never been any question that that’s one on my bucket list that I want. I’m not going to sit here and lie to you. If there’s one that...

There’s many an artist that comes to Nashville in hopes of doing the same thing I’m doing right now,

The DVR thing has rocked my world. Being on the road, I used to not keep up with any shows. Now I got a DVR, so I’m watching everything: ‘CSI: Miami,’ my favorites ‘Criminal Minds’...

As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there’s a whole wave of new artists that come along every year. In ’05, I was part...

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it – as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.

My main lucky number is 9. That was my baseball number in high school. My other lucky number is 3, because that’s the one I wore before I got to high school and had to...

Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you’re an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that...

I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.

Why are you always on the verge of goodbye, before I’ll show you how I really feel inside.

I don’t think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they will burn you, haha.

I’m a country boy. I’m from Georgia.

I think every artist wants to have that ‘Grammy award winner’ tag in front of their name.

Our first No. 1 was ‘Why’ and we waited two years to have another one. It felt like forever, and now I feel like I’m celebrating one every few months, which I love.

You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don’t think are really going to do much end up having a career. I...

It’s one of those things where if I do a movie, I don’t even know if I’m any good. So, I may do one and it sucks and I’m a horrible actor, and I’ll never...

I do believe that if it’s meant to be, it will be. Luckily for me, things worked out.

I got a hat deal with Resistol, where I have my own line of cowboy hats.

I’m very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.

I’ve been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia.

Records are one thing, and obviously, without hit songs, you don’t have the opportunity to do your shows. But my live show has always been my selling tool.

People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don’t see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.

My producer, Michael Knox, he’s kind of my eyes and ears on Music Row. While I’m out on the road, he’s looking for songs, and then he and I will get together and go over...

I had no idea ‘Big Green Tractor’ was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can’t predict those things.

It feels good when your hometown supports you, and Macon’s always done that with us. Every time we come here, it’s an event – which is nice.

I think from an artist standpoint, you have to put out music that you feel like represents you and things you feel like your crowd wants to hear. And if that drives them to go...

That’s kind of fuse for the show – those first 10-15 seconds you’re onstage. The curtain drops and you see the crowd for the first time and they see you for the first time. The...

The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running, so I won’t name the name of the club. We got hired in there to...

Playing a stadium is a big adrenaline boost for me and I dig it. It keeps me on my toes and makes me revamp everything I’m doing and not get stagnant with how I approach...

I know I’m not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don’t let that affect any of my decisions.

It’s the only time that I’m ever nervous on stage, is when we’re doing live TV. Especially an awards show, because I know you can’t fix it.

After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one.

When I was a kid, we went to St. Augustine, Fla., and I was lying on the couch one night with a Q-tip, cleaning my ear out after I’d taken a shower. I hit my...

I have a love of baseball and a love of music.