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" We're putting on a show, and if I'm dancing and having fun, you can take a shot of the crowd, and they've got smiles glued to their faces. "

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" You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it. "

" Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with something. "

" I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them. "

" To have your first No. 1 as an artist was everything I could have ever dreamed for. Now we're keeping our fingers crossed, and hopefully we'll have many more, but there's certainly nothing like the first one. "

" With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try to sound better. "

" I'll never forget when me and Jason Matthews wrote the line, 'Don't be a tape player hater,' in 'Country Man,' I don't think I ever laughed harder. We didn't know where we were gonna put that in a song, but we knew we had to make it into a song. I just remember laughing and being so proud of such a goofy little line. "

" I would say my fraternity was nothing but a bunch of farm boys; we weren't really in the whole fraternity scene, but yeah, that's a safe assessment of who I am. I've lived that life, growing up in agriculture and then going off to college and joining a fraternity, livin' that life. "

" I don't give any merit to criticism. 'Country Girls (Shake it for Me),' I can see where people view that as sexist, but I just view that as having fun. "

" I've been so blessed to have my career gradually get bigger and bigger, so I've been able to absorb stuff and take stuff gradually. "

" You know, if Kelly Clarkson wants to do country albums because that's what inspires her, then let her do it. Look at Kanye West or Ludacris... they aren't rappin' and cussin' like they were on their first few albums, so what does that make them? It's all in the eye of the beholder and the listener. We all use our outlet to grow ourself. "

" You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer. "

" I grew up in a family where everybody had a good time and we were at the lake every weekend and going to the beach and living a good life. It's been the way we always lived, and my wife's the same way - enjoy every day and have fun. "

" A lot of people don't have near the amount of success as I've been blessed to have, and it's all about working hard and hoping that continues. "

" My thing is you just have to try to feel young and stay young. Obviously you get a little older, but I still want my music to be young. I don't want to sound like an old dad onstage, so you just have to write music that sounds young. "

" I thought being on stage was an amazing feeling, but there is nothing that can top watching my wife bring our son into this world. "

" My focus is trying to make great music and putting on great shows, and whatever happens beyond that is a bonus to me. "

" Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line. "

" You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out. "

" I just cut songs I love and that represent what I want to say. And if it crosses over, that's very flattering. It's cool to know that with people listening to rock and rap, I'm sitting on their iPods along with that stuff. "

" If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess. "

" I always want to have a personal relationship with everybody that works for me. "

" Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written. "

" From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance. "

" I'm a big sports fan in general. "

" When I'm writing a song, it's just me and the songwriters. Then when the song is done, there are publishers that hear it, then people in my management, then my wife and my boys and my friends, and if they're all lovin' it, it's kind of withstanding all the criticism I need. "

" I want my music to jump off the stage and out of the speakers. When we do 'Rain Is A Good Thing' paired back to back with 'Country Girl,' it just feels like the roof is fixin' to come off the place. "

" I think the attraction to country music is the fans, the lure of the hardcore fan base. "

" As far as heroes thorough the years, I'd say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel Richie. "

" I want to be comfortable on TV. If I'm comfortable, they're comfortable watching me. I think nothing's more icky than watching icky on TV. "

" Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest. "