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

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

" People out west love country music. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" '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. "

" I'm moving forward and getting new fans at every show. "

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

" I love coming back around Northern California. "

" 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. "

" We're boot-friendly here. "

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

" 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 was a huge Garth Brooks fan. "

" 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. "

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

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