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" I always said, if I got a record deal, I'd want to record the best songs I could, whether I wrote them or not. "

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" I like the songs that are fun, that aren't gonna change the world - I've some of those - but even something like, 'You Should Be Here,' that was my chance to say, 'Look, this is me, too. I'm just a normal person.' "

Change The World

" My first album, I had to write everything. Nobody was going to send me stuff just because I had a little success. "

" Country's more than about what the music sounds like. It's what you're saying and who you are as a person. "

" I've stopped questioning things and how things work. "

" Sometimes I get all the credit, and it makes me feel bad because I'm not the only one out here sacrificing everything. There are people out here on the road with me with kids and families, and they're out here busting their backs for me. "

" We titled it, 'You Should Be Here,' for one, because just how special that song is, and I think it kind of sets the tone for this album. I've established that I like to have fun, but this is a little more than that - this album has got some fun stuff, but it's also got topics that I haven't gotten a chance to touch, and I'm so excited about it. "

" I know that a lot of our troops like country music. I would love to do anything I could to just help them out. "

" My dad always believed in me. He was always kind of, 'All right, buddy, if that's what you want to do...' My mom was always more of a realist. "

" As an artist, as a person, I don't want to be here for just a little while. "

" I'm not the only one who has ever lost somebody; I'm not the only one who was missing somebody. That's what I love about country music, that's what I love about songwriters, is being able to put out those words, those feelings. "

" No matter how the day's going, when I get out there on that stage, it makes it all all right. "

" Even though I lost my dad in just a tragic, sudden way, there are so many more stories that are so much worse. "

" When I left college, it broke my mom's heart, but I knew I had to be in Nashville. I knew that was the place you had to be in to become a better songwriter, and that's what I wanted to move there for and to ultimately get a record deal. "

" I'm hands-on with everything. I approve the designs of everything we do because that's my brand that people are buying. I want it to look good. "

" I want people to know that I appreciate every piece of music they buy and every concert ticket because that's what keeps this going. Knowing that people are coming to the shows and enjoying my music makes every long day worth it. "

" You play shows all over the country and hope that radio gets a chance to get out to see you, but that doesn't always happen like that. "

" That's why I've always loved country music. Whether it's sad, pumps you up, or it's breakup songs, it's all real-life things. "

" I started to sing after high school, and I may have dreamed about being Randy Travis a time or two. "

" You don't have a voice yet when you first come out. So even though I knew I had some deeper songs, my first album had to be about the tempo and the fun. "

" I was a business major, but the more I played music and the more I got into songwriting, I realized this is what I loved, but I kept asking myself, 'Is this what I'm supposed to do - move to Nashville?' "

" I've always wanted to treat people the way I want to be treated. "

" I wanna have the coolest merch. "

" The fans are always wanting new music, and with as much as I love to write, I might as well give them the music while I've got it. "

" I had a publishing deal way before I had a record deal. "

" This album means a lot to me, and partnering with Cracker Barrel to have it in their stores is very exciting. I am a big fan of the brand, so it was a natural fit to team up with them to have 'You Should Be Here' in its stores nationwide. "

" I try to live every day and realize that there are so many folks working hard to try to get to where I am and how fortunate that I am. "

" The power of music is real. "

" I'm getting to do, like, 11 stadium shows with Kenny Chesney... seriously - that's bucket list. "

" We wouldn't be where we are without people loving our music. "

" On my tour, either they're coming to see me, or they're not. "