I don't feel like God called me to be a gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer; he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian.

It’s so cool for me to do what I love to do for a living and meet people from all over the world.

The most important thing for any business is marketing and sales.

I’m definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things.

The coolest gift I’ve ever gotten from a fan was from the Franklin Mint. It was a knife, and it had a picture of General Wade Hampton, who my oldest son is named after. It’s a collector’s item and came with a case and a stand and everything.

I didn’t rebel in the way a lot of people do.

I’m always showing pictures off. I have to be careful who I show them to because of who I am, obviously, but I’m a proud father.

I like to fish when it’s not too hot.

I’m not much of a water skier, my legs are too skinny for that, so I just try to tube and have fun, just ride.

One of my favorite places is Seattle. Growing up, I never thought I’d be able to go to Seattle. I grew up in eastern South Carolina, so that’s as far as you can get from Seattle, unless I lived in Miami.