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" '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. "

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" 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. "

Jon Pardi

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

Jon Pardi

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to. "