I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.

You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible.

I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room for it. It's like a puzzle. Every song can be written a million times. How can you say it differently?

A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.

I used to love, and I still do, Lee Ann Womack. And Alison Krauss. I mean, how many Grammys does she have? She's just remained solid and true and great, and I respect that.

I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.