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" As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits. "

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" I've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter. "

" My grandmother loved country music, and she's the one who really got me into country music. She had George Strait tapes, a bunch of them. I remember listening to tapes, taking them out, the covers and the back. "

" As a songwriter, you always want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new. "

" We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could be on your project, you go ahead and record it instead of try to write it. "

" My California sunrise, there's a real mist in the air. I think of the mountains. You can smell the farm fields. You can smell the dirt and the lights and the whole sun. "

" 'Dirt On My Boots' is a very different song. I heard the melody, and I heard the lyrics, and I heard the drive of that song. I totally related. It was kinda me when I was on my bulldozer working for my dad. "

" I just have fun on stage. There's nothing premolded out there. I try to always do something different. "

" I had a drummer I really wanted to move to Nashville with me, and he's like, 'Naw, I can't go, man.' He never could pull the trigger. It's a big move. You just gotta be diehard - you gotta give it your all, you know. "

" I love coming back around Northern California. "

" As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out of the park. "

" I'm moving forward and getting new fans at every show. "

" I love having those lyrics that at first make you think it's about one thing, but it's really about something so much more. "

" I love the story of the guy coming to Nashville and then kind of getting set down and told, 'This is how the town works,' which, I've totally been there. But the coolest thing about 'Out of Style' is it's a song within a song. "

" At 14, I was in my own little classic rock country band. Then, after high school, I started another band called Northern Comfort. That was based out of Chico, Calif. "

" I like hearing fiddles, steel guitar, acoustics up loud - really rock & roll stuff but with a country sound behind it. That's just who I am. I'm not trying to prove a point; I am just doing what I like. But I don't have any problems with any other artist coming in and doing their own thing. "

" I love performing, and if I didn't love it, I wouldn't be doing it. "

" I can play with Florida Georgia Line. We can throw down with people. I think that's what sets me apart. "

" People out west love country music. "

" You gotta do both. You've got to be on those big tours, and you've got to be in the clubs. "

" I'm writing songs that I want to sing. "

" I was writing songs by 12 and had a band by 14. "

" 'Head Over Boots' is a shuffle, but it's more of a Motown laid-back shuffle than, say, a Dwight Yoakam shuffle. "

" I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that mix is a lot of what has kept me going and kept people fired up about the music. "

" Getting a beginner publishing deal really helped me gain the skills. I just kept writing and writing. You just take everything out of life and turn it into an idea or a melody or a song and find the best writers you can to write with that fit you and know what you want to do. "

" There's so many great people in Country Radio, and I appreciate all the support they've given me. "

" I have a great band of great guys. We're a lot of fun. "

" Take everything you can from what people say. Keep going and stick to your instincts. And what your soul tells you to do, use that. "

" I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once. "

" 'Dirt on My Boots' was pegged as the second single from 'California Sunrise' from the get-go, and we felt like it was just a fun song to go with. "

" I grew up in rural Dixon, CA, and I've been hunting with my father ever since I was a young boy. He taught me how to hunt and shoot, firearm safety, and have respect for the outdoors. "