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" For my shows, I don't play too many slow songs. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" We're boot-friendly here. "

" What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to. "

" I was a huge Garth Brooks fan. "

" California is one of the most country-est states there is. We're really country. "

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

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

" There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.' "

" I always want to have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music. "

" A lot of my fans, and a lot of country music fans, they still wear boots. "

" 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. "

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

" I started playing guitar by the time I was 9. "

" 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. "

" It's been so great to have an album people believe in. "

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

" People out west love country music. "

" 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. "

" My music is my No. 1, and I've got people who believe in me and keep me going. I'm thankful. "

" I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good. "

" I've been able to carve my way out with lyrics and melodies. "

" 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 helping country sound a little more country. "

" 'Swagger' would be the word for 'Dirt On My Boots.' With the real funky drum loop and the ganjo rolling down, and then the fiddles and the guitar and steel, it really took an old school style where it's fiddle, steel, guitar, and mixed it with a drum loop. "

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

" I love coming back around Northern California. "

" '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'd like to start a tradition of getting No. 1s - how 'bout that? "

" I lean traditional, but 'Head Over Boots,' it's pretty country. "