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" 'Head Over Boots' is a shuffle, but it's more of a Motown laid-back shuffle than, say, a Dwight Yoakam shuffle. "
Jon Pardi
Boots
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" 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. "
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" I have a great band of great guys. We're a lot of fun. "
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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. "
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" I've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter. "
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" I just have fun on stage. There's nothing premolded out there. I try to always do something different. "
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" '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. "
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" For my shows, I don't play too many slow songs. "
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" I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people. "
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" There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.' "
Jon Pardi
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Connection
Singing
" I'm trying to write songs to appeal to everybody. "
Jon Pardi
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Trying
" 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. "
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" I lean traditional, but 'Head Over Boots,' it's pretty country. "
Jon Pardi
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Pretty
Boots
" I love traditional country music, and I feel like there's a need for it and a want for it. But I enjoy everybody in country music. "
Jon Pardi
Love
Music
Need
" A lot of my fans, and a lot of country music fans, they still wear boots. "
Jon Pardi
Fans
Country
Boots
" Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable. "
Jon Pardi
Unbelievable
Having
Two
" I'm writing songs that I want to sing. "
Jon Pardi
Sing
Songs
Writing
" I was writing songs by 12 and had a band by 14. "
Jon Pardi
Band
Songs
Had
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
School
Band
Rock
" I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once. "
Jon Pardi
Funny
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You
" There's so much you can learn from being on a big tour and so much you can learn from being in the clubs. "
Jon Pardi
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" I can play with Florida Georgia Line. We can throw down with people. I think that's what sets me apart. "
Jon Pardi
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" I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country. "
Jon Pardi
Always
Just
Guy
" There's so many great people in Country Radio, and I appreciate all the support they've given me. "
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Great
" 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. "
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You
Show
" I always want to just stay humble, and I always want to keep climbing. "
Jon Pardi
Always
Climbing
Humble
" I love performing, and if I didn't love it, I wouldn't be doing it. "
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Doing
Performing
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I started playing guitar by the time I was 9. "
Jon Pardi
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Playing
Guitar