When you're the opener, you're the guy getting the crowd warmed up. But when you're the headliner, you're the main dude. People come to see you, and you have to deliver. It's a cool position to be in.

You know I used to sit there and I'd go outside and play ball and everything, but now in my free time I just kind of lay back and relax because this atmosphere is so busy and stressful, so anytime I can sleep, you'd best believe I'm sleepin'.

If my life were a song it would probably be titled 'Roller Coaster', up and down all the time.

I gotta get a truck.

Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do.

For me, my number one priority always has to be the music, and I'm going to work school around my music - not music around my school.

I don't think you'd call me a traditionalist. But you can say I have an old soul, because I grew up listening to Conway Twitty and Hank Williams.

I love singin' in the car, it just makes me feel good.

I want to do music the rest of my life.

I want to go to Nashville and get cracking on this album.

I was an Elvis freak. That's all I listened to growing up.

I was watching the show last year and it didn't even cross my mind that this could even happen.

I'm still single, but me and Lauren are really really really close friends.

It's a new game now, you know, you have to bring some fresh stuff.

It's so surreal being here.

My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country.

One thing I love about Josh Turner is his faith; that's why I looked up to him so much.

That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

What makes me unique is that I'm normal.