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" Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable. "

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" I played the bars in northern California since I was 18. We played at least three hours, and there's no which-way about it: That definitely helped. "

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

" 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. "

" If you get music on a personal level, you are doing something right. It's not just in one ear and out the other. "

" 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. "

" If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart. "

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

" We're boot-friendly here. "

" '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 love coming back around Northern California. "

" I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country. "

" 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. "

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

" 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'm helping country sound a little more country. "

" I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people. "

" Sing your heart out and write the best song you possible can. "

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

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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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" 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. "

" It's always a good feeling to be recognized for something. "

" 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. "