LeVox says mistakes helped Rascal Flatts

NASHVILLE, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Rascal Flatts lead singer Gary LeVox says the U.S. country music trio got better thanks to successes and mistakes during its 10 years together.

LeVox, along with guitarist Joe Don Rooney and bassist Jay DeMarcus, said performing alongside one another for the last decade has helped solidify Rascal Flatts as a band overall, The (Nashville) Tennessean reported Saturday.

"You have to make mistakes to get better and know not to do it again," LeVox told The Tennessean when asked if the band's members had any regrets.

"I think there were times we could have made better decisions, but the decision we made was good enough. I think sometimes that leads you into an even better position to be in," Rooney offered.

DeMarcus said the "Still Feels Good" trio is set to begin a 2010 tour filled with "big surprises."

"We're going to have a big brand-new tour in summer of 2010, and it's going to start the celebration of 10 years of Rascal Flatts," DeMarcus told The Tennessean. "We're going to have a lot of big surprises and do some old stuff that will throw some people off, and there will be some big surprises, and we're going to keep doing what we've done."