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My focus is trying to make great music and putting on great shows, and whatever happens beyond that is a bonus to me.
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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.
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I always want to have a personal relationship with everybody that works for me.
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From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.
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You get weird, funny requests on Twitter. With our fan club, I was seeing a lot of fans were having some issue with the way the fan club tickets were being handled in one of the shows. So I was able to correspond with that fan, and be like, 'Listen, we'll be on it.'
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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.
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I think it's always important to constantly keep the band on their toes and try new things that you hope will work. That's how 'Apologize' was born, and maybe down the line another little song will be born by that mentality. I've always really liked that song.
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I think the defining moment in my career is the day that I moved to Nashville - September 1, 2001. That's the biggest step to getting here is making that move. Anything that happens, the wonderful opportunities that happen to you, can't happen until you make that move.
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I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'
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You see a lot of people out there that say they're country, and they do their little things that are stereotypical country things, but being country is a way of life.
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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.
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I've always enjoyed things going at a nice pace, nothing too fast, nothing too crazy.
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When the show opens, fans can text to a number we flash up on the screen, and then we do a meet-and-greet with 60 to 80 people every night. It's something I love doing, and I would say that's probably more fans than most artists bring backstage after a show.
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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.
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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.
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You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.
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Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written.
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I just like Forrest Gump. Maybe I'm a little smarter than him, maybe I'm not. Probably because of the whole Southern aspect of his character and for some reason I always wind up on the better end of all deals... I've just kind of got the old silly boy luck!
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Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.
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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.
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That's gotta be the one remaining constant - jeans have gotta be tight, baby.
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It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you.
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When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what it's all about.' This is why we don't sleep, and this is why we write songs and try to be the best. This moment right here onstage.
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Probably fishing is my first passion.