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

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

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

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

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

" I love coming back around Northern California. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.' "

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

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

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

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

" '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. "

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

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

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

" I was a huge Garth Brooks fan. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "