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

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" We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could be on your project, you go ahead and record it instead of try to write it. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" Radio has had my back since 'Missin' You Crazy,' which was a very traditional kind of song. "

" 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 have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music. "

" Sing your heart out and write the best song you possible can. "

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

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

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

" There's so many great people in Country Radio, and I appreciate all the support they've given me. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "