“Country music has to evolve in order to survive.”

“I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom to me - and not having to return that message or call from my record company or management. At some point, I need to recharge.”

“Even if it's your wedding, if you're a guy, it's boring.”

“When you start dating another country star, the first question is, 'When are y'all gonna do a duet?' And what sucks about that is people expect you to do it whether you want to or not.”

“I still love farming and gardening and things like that in the summertime.”

“One of my pet peeves about Nashville is that it tends to be copycatted. I don't want to do that. I've got to be different.”

“Somebody will come on TV singing, and you're like, 'Oh my God! I mean, they suck! You know, who signed them?' Well, it's just because she's good lookin', or it's because he's takin' his shirt off and he's muscley or something, or else he wouldn't have gotten his chance.”

“I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.”

“In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all the time.”

“Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia especially, I learned a lot about myself. It reminded me how lucky I am that this happened for me, and it kind of lit the spark inside me again for my love of music.”

“Country music has to evolve in order to survive.”