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" I started playing guitar by the time I was 9. "

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" 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. "

" 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 love having those lyrics that at first make you think it's about one thing, but it's really about something so much more. "

" 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 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. "

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

" For my shows, I don't play too many slow songs. "

" You gotta do both. You've got to be on those big tours, and you've got to be in the clubs. "

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

" 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. "

" I love coming back around Northern California. "

" 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. "

" My music is my No. 1, and I've got people who believe in me and keep me going. I'm thankful. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good. "

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

" '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. "

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

" 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. "

" There's so much you can learn from being on a big tour and so much you can learn from being in the clubs. "

" 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. "

" 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 was even more country in my college-band days. "

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

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

" You've got these guys that have this fresh, street, hip-hop country that sells a zillion. Keep doing that. I'll keep doing my stuff. We'll see how it goes. "

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

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