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" 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. "

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" You gotta have a good beat to survive in modern country in general. Everyone wants to feel good, laugh, dance, and cry. But at the same time, they all want it to sound happy. "

" 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. "

" As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out of the park. "

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

" People out west love country music. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As a songwriter, you always want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

" We're boot-friendly here. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" I can play with Florida Georgia Line. We can throw down with people. I think that's what sets me apart. "

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

" I love the story of the guy coming to Nashville and then kind of getting set down and told, 'This is how the town works,' which, I've totally been there. But the coolest thing about 'Out of Style' is it's a song within a song. "