11 Questions With Blake Shelton: No. 1

What's your theory on how to succeed in country music?

The worst thing you can try to do in this business is try to fit in. If you try to fit in, you don't stand out. And if you don't stand out, you're a nobody. So I've always tried to do things different, and that's probably the reason I haven't broken out and become one of those superstars, but I also think it's the same reason that I haven't gone away in all that time.