Tim McGraw Losing His Love for Music Business

Tim McGraw is undoubtedly one of the most successful country artists of all time. Selling more than 40 million albums and scoring an amazing 32 No. 1 hits, Tim has spent the last two decades living a life most singers only dream about. But in spite of all the success and accolades, the 44-year-old admits his occupation has lost a little bit of its luster.

"There's less love of the business," he admits to CMT. "But there's not less love of the music and not less love of being onstage in front of fans."

With several profitable tours under his belt, including his current Emotional Traffic trek, the father of three says sometimes a night at home seems more appealing -- until he hits the stage.

"There's times where you feel, 'I don't really know if I want to go out there tonight and do it,'" he notes. "But once you get out there and feel it, there's no other energy like it. You just can't find that anywhere ... I've tried. Nothing artificial works as well."

His superstar status not withstanding, the husband of Faith Hill says hes still clueless about some aspects of the music industry. "I don't know the rules," admits the 'Felt Good on My Lips' singer. "I can't tell you who runs what in Nashville. I've always been sort of outside the circle in Nashville and the whole business. I think two things can happen to me when I get too involved: You think you'll never be good enough to compete with those guys, so it hurts you [or] as long as I stay in my own world, then I'm confident in what I do."

Currently involved in a lawsuit with Curb Records over the release of his latest album, 'Emotional Traffic,' (which he describes as "the best album that [he's] ever made,") Tim reasons he owes his achievements to not following other people's orders and directions.

"I really feel like I can do things my way and make music the way I want to make it," the Louisiana native notes. "And that's what makes me an artist. I can't go follow any trends. I can't go make a record like somebody else has made a record. Because it won't work for me. If I knew what the regular routine is on how to go do something, then I probably wouldn't be able to do it as well."

Tim, who is joined by Luke Bryan and the Band Perry on his Emotional Traffic tour, heads to New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts this weekend, where he will play while sporting a cast on his broken foot. Keep track of his schedule here.