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" 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. "

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" I love coming back around Northern California. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm trying to write songs to appeal to everybody. "

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

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

" I love performing, and if I didn't love it, I wouldn't be doing it. "

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

" I'm writing songs that I want to sing. "

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

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

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

" I'm more of a songwriter. I love writing songs. I love writing my songs. It's always been writing for me, and it makes it different when you're writing for yourself. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

" Radio has had my back since 'Missin' You Crazy,' which was a very traditional kind of song. "

" 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. "

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

" We're boot-friendly here. "

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

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

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

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

" I'm mixing country with kind of a modern twist to it. "

" I always want to just stay humble, and I always want to keep climbing. "