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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have a great band of great guys. We're a lot of fun. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I'm trying to write songs to appeal to everybody. "

" 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. "

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

" We're boot-friendly here. "

" Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable. "

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

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

" 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 want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new. "

" 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. "

" You gotta do both. You've got to be on those big tours, and you've got to be in the clubs. "

" I was a huge Garth Brooks fan. "

" 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've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter. "

" 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. "

" People out west love country 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. "

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

" 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. "