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" I'd like to start a tradition of getting No. 1s - how 'bout that? "

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" '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. "

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

" I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people. "

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

" 'Dirt On My Boots' is a very different song. I heard the melody, and I heard the lyrics, and I heard the drive of that song. I totally related. It was kinda me when I was on my bulldozer working for my dad. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country. "

" 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. "

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

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

" If you get music on a personal level, you are doing something right. It's not just in one ear and out the other. "

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

" I always want to have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music. "

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

" We're boot-friendly here. "

" 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. "

" There's been a lot of wedding songs and proposals. It's cool because when they play it at weddings so, it means a lot to them. That's a big deal. They're always going to remember 'Head Over Boots' as played at their wedding. "

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

" I was writing songs by 12 and had a band by 14. "

" People out west love country music. "

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

" I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once. "

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

" '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. "

" I love coming back around Northern California. "

" I was a huge Garth Brooks fan. "