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" I wanted to get better at writing, so I knew I needed to move to Nashville. "

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" I've always wanted to release a song that could actually touch someone and help them through a tough time. "

" That's why I fell in love with country music: it made me feel something. "

" I went to a small high school in - down in south Georgia. Terrell Academy is the name of it. "

" 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. "

" I want people to know that I am having fun. That's the biggest compliment I can get is when people tell me I'm having a blast out there - if they only knew. I'm having the time of my life every night. "

" If an artist can take two minutes to tweet a fan and make his or her day, why wouldn't they take advantage of that? "

" I always say I broke my mom's heart when I left. I don't know if that's what any mom wants for her kid, just thinking about how hard it is trying to make it in this business. "

" I want people to know that I'm not just 'Chillin' It.' I'm a real person. There's heartbreak and trials, and I hope I put that in my music. "

" Me and Luke are fraternity brothers. Luke Bryan was already in Nashville when I got to college. He had come back to his old fraternity house, which was my new fraternity house. We met there and just kinda stayed in touch. "

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

" 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 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. "

" I want to be somebody, a person, first that people remember, but also, I want music that I release to still be around. I don't want it to just be cool for a second and be gone. "

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

" 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. "

" I get plenty of credit out on the road. "

" There's families all across the country that miss people, but there's nothing like military families. "

" 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'm just glad to be singing songs that touch people. "

" If one person feels the way I felt when I first fell in love with country music, then I'm doing my job. "

" I always loved country music. But I didn't even know I could sing. I just knew I loved the music. "

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

" I wrote 'Flatliner' with Dierks Bentley in mind in 2013. "

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

" 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

" When something hits you, you better go with it. "

" I'm never the best singer in the world. "

" Having Dierks Bentley on a song is one of the coolest things I've ever gotten to experience. For one, him agreeing to do a song with me but two, getting to share that moment in the studio. "

" 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. "