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

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" 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 will never, ever speak out against somebody who is living the dream and doing what they want to do, because that's what I'm doing. "

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

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

" There's so much you can learn from being on a big tour and so much you can learn from being in the clubs. "

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

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

" We're boot-friendly here. "

" 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. "

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

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

" '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. "

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

" I was a huge Garth Brooks fan. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I love coming back around Northern California. "

" 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. "