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" I have a great band of great guys. We're a lot of fun. "
Jon Pardi
Great
Lot
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" I always want to have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music. "
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Want
New
" You gotta do both. You've got to be on those big tours, and you've got to be in the clubs. "
Jon Pardi
You
Gotta
Those
" I just have fun on stage. There's nothing premolded out there. I try to always do something different. "
Jon Pardi
Out
Always
Fun
" I will never, ever speak out against somebody who is living the dream and doing what they want to do, because that's what I'm doing. "
Jon Pardi
Want
Speak
Never
" I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good. "
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Who
Guy
Know
" As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits. "
Jon Pardi
Push
Story
Looking
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
Respect
Outdoors
Me
" 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. "
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Know
Man
You
" '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
Than
Say
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
Life
Writing
Me
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
Musicians
Great
Travel
" I lean traditional, but 'Head Over Boots,' it's pretty country. "
Jon Pardi
Over
Pretty
Boots
" I'm trying to write songs to appeal to everybody. "
Jon Pardi
Appeal
Songs
Trying
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
Hours
Three
California
" There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.' "
Jon Pardi
Dancing
Connection
Singing
" People out west love country music. "
Jon Pardi
Love
Music
Out
" I'm mixing country with kind of a modern twist to it. "
Jon Pardi
Kind
Mixing
Modern
" We're boot-friendly here. "
Jon Pardi
Here
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
Heart
Good
Going
" I love performing, and if I didn't love it, I wouldn't be doing it. "
Jon Pardi
I Love
Doing
Performing
" I'm writing songs that I want to sing. "
Jon Pardi
Sing
Songs
Writing
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
Guitar
I Am
Rock
" It's always a good feeling to be recognized for something. "
Jon Pardi
Something
Good
Always
" I always want to just stay humble, and I always want to keep climbing. "
Jon Pardi
Always
Climbing
Humble
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
Listening
Remember
Music
" 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
Much
Tour
Being
" 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. "
Jon Pardi
Play
Think
People
" I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once. "
Jon Pardi
Funny
Yourself
You
" I was a huge Garth Brooks fan. "
Jon Pardi
Huge
Brooks
Fan
" I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people. "
Jon Pardi
People
Good
Thankful