I remember writing down the title in my journal several years ago on a plane ride. I was having a tough time being away from home, and I thought a good friend and a glass of wine could solve many of my problems. I carried the title around for a long while until it found a home and became what it is today.

Tim McGraw talks about his latest single, written by Reed Nielsen and Anthony Smith.

Kris Kristofferson is one of my heroes. He's one of the most talented songwriters that ever, ever put pen to paper and he's also one of the coolest guys around. I mean, my wife [Faith Hill] just swoons over him! [laughs] So he's just a great cool guy, and when the song came around I knew I wanted to record it; plus it's sort of tongue in cheek and it's a lot of fun.

Jennifer Nettles talked to Dial-Global about the duo's latest single.

It's fun and light-hearted, and it feels like summer. And where 'Stay' left off with just a guitar and a vocal, this starts off with just a guitar and a vocal. Obviously it kicks in, so you can move yourself around and dance. But I think it's sort of a nice juxtaposition, but also it shows a bit of an evolution.

Watch the 'All I Want to Do' video after the jump.

Martina McBride talked to CMT about the first single she ever co-wrote, 'Anyway.'

'Anyway' was inspired by many things, among them a poem by Mother Teresa. It was also inspired by real life and the fact that we all face adversity in one way or another. It's a song about hope, love, perseverance and, mostly, faith. Faith that it's not always in your hands or things don't always go the way you planned, but you have to have faith that there is a plan for you, and you must follow your heart and believe in yourself no matter what. The part about believing tomorrow will be better than today was especially meaningful to me to write because I have a tendency to hear the news or read some kind of article, whether it is about terrorism or global warming or whatever, and I get really scared and nervous about our future. So that line is especially helpful and meaningful to me. It helps me remember that we're all part of a bigger plan and that we must have faith in the future and it isn't all gloom and doom!

Some people are like, "Ugh! I can't believe she's singing that!" And it's meant to be taken light-hearted in some aspects, but [this song is] also very real to me . . . When I was younger, my parents took in abused women and their kids, so I saw first-hand what damage it can do to a family to be in an abusive relationship.

I believe in this song because it beholds a very powerful message. I think we all suffer from low self esteem from time to time and we all have our own insecurities . . . which can really bring a person down. In today's society we (including myself) often compare ourself to that person or model on the front of the magazine, and we all want those expensive clothes that are displayed . . . I think that is just human nature. I will be the first to tell you "ALL OF THAT IS NOT REAL." You would NOT believe the touching up photographers can do to pictures. By the time they are done airbrushing those pictures and touching them up, the photo barely looks like the person. Photographers can make you thinner/heavier, give you whatever eye color you want, enhance and change anything in the photo. We live in a very superficial world. ALL of that stuff does NOT matter! It is NOT important!

George Strait talks about his latest single, written by Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell and Wade Kirby.

'I Saw God Today' is such a well-written song . . . It means a lot. Sometimes we take a lot of things for granted, especially anybody that's had a child. When they first see that child -- if they're in the delivery room or not -- it truly is a miracle. And you just realize that all of these things that God has given us . . . sometimes you just take for granted. But if you just step back and take a look around, you'll see what beauty we have around us in the things that He has created for us.

It's about being with somebody for so long -- your wife or husband or whoever -- and saying, "It still feels good, after all this time." You know, with divorce being like 55-percent these days, it seems like it's just easier for people to get a divorce instead of trying to make it work. So this is just a way to say, "After all this time together, it still feels good. It still feels like the first time."

'73' is my story. It really kind of wrote itself. I was home a few summers back, and I was looking at an old photo album of pictures me when I was little. My parents got divorced when I was six years old, but I found this picture of me, my mom and my dad when I was just a couple months old, and it was amazing to me how happy and in love they looked, because I don't remember them that way. And as I was looking through this photo album, I was kind of looking at my life unfolding before me: Once they got divorced, then it's me with my mom at Christmas time, and Christmas with my dad, and then my brother came along. My dad went on to remarry and have two more children, and there were no pictures of the three of us together until I graduated from high school. And it just really put everything in perspective. Like that one decision -- them not staying together -- changed the whole course of my life. But what I realized is I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm so grateful of I'm where I'm at. That's the path I was supposed to be on. And there are people that wouldn't be in my life had they stayed together, like my brother and my sister. I've been amazed how many people have responded to that song. They come up to me and say, "That's my story," even though it's my story. They relate to it, because they've lived that, too. That's all you can hope to do as an artist and a writer is touch people.

See Jennifer Hanson's '73' music video after the jump.

Ashley Gorley, Morgan Hayes and I wrote 'Don't Forget To Remember Me,' which went to No. 1 [for Carrie Underwood]. Ashley and I had one day with Carrie, and we had a couple of ideas we were prepared to pitch to her. She was sick and coughing, and I thought, 'God, I can't even believe she came.' She was really pleasant and in a real good mood, so we pitched her this first thing we were thinking about, which was kind of a 'Don't Forget To Remember Me: Part 2.' It was a solid song, and we felt really good about it. We got done and she said, "Well that didn't take long. Maybe we should write another one." We were surprised, because it was a nice day and she was sick. But she shrugged her shoulders and said she didn't have anywhere else she needed to be.

Brad Paisley talked to GAC about his latest single.

I just wanted to capture this struggle a little bit between men and women in a playful way, which is 'Why don't you get a little cosmopolitan here and feminize up for me just a bit?' [laughs] We're fighting that every step of the way, some of us guys, and ironically in talking to the radio guys . . . they say the majority of the calls for it come from women, and I think the same thing happened with 'I'm Gonna Miss Her.' These women want their men to hear it, and by golly, that is the best way to get a man to hear something is to play it for their significant other. They're gonna be forced to listen to it. It's got that nudge-your-partner-with-your-elbow factor to it.

Listen to the song here.

'Sing You Back to Me' immediately made me think of my father. This is the first record I've made since he passed away. We were very close, and when I heard that song, I thought, "This is for my dad." And I wasn't looking for a song to dedicate to my father, but when I heard this song, I thought, "Wow, I really want to sing this . . . even if it's just for me to have myself." So we went in after the record was done with just an acoustic guitar and did a performance of this song just for me to have, to give to my mom and my sister. And my producer, Garth Fundis, said, "It's emotional and it's real, and you need to put it on the record."

- Trisha Yearwood, as told to AOL Music

Kenny Chesney tells the story behind his latest single, written by Scooter Carusoe and Lady Goodman.

I am that guy in 'Better as a Memory.' I think this is the letter that I've written three or four times in my life to people. It's the perfect definition of a carefree spirit. We all have relationships with people, and we all give what we can. You know, there's a bit of me in some songs and a lot of me in a lot of them. This is definitely one of them that that really defines me right now. When I wrote those letters, I was "better as a memory" than as their man ... I promise you.

Jake Owen's latest single was inspired during a beach trip several years ago when the country heartthrob was spying on his girlfriend applying sun tan lotion.

I think that was the first time in my life just by looking at a woman . . . that's when I first really went from a guy who just liked girls to really seeing what it was that makes you respect and see the beauty of a woman. And that's what this song's all about. It's about the beauty and that something that women possess that drives us boys crazy.

'Long Black Train' was inspired by a vision that I had of a long, black train running down this track way out in the middle of nowhere. I could see people standing out to the sides of this track watching this train go by. As I was walking, experiencing this vision, I kept asking myself, 'What does this vision mean and what is this train?' It dawned on me that this train was a physical metaphor for temptation. These people are caught up in the decision of whether or not to go on this train. And this came about in a time of my life where I was trying to figure out who I was as an artist and as a person ... I was trying to learn how to deal with the freedom that I had away from home for the first time. 'Long Black Train,' the song and the album, are very special to me. It was just one of those things that I felt like God gave to me for a purpose, and I've been out here promoting that purpose.