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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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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.
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There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.'
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If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.
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There's so much you can learn from being on a big tour and so much you can learn from being in the clubs.
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I'm moving forward and getting new fans at every show.
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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 was a huge Garth Brooks fan.
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'Head Over Boots' is a shuffle, but it's more of a Motown laid-back shuffle than, say, a Dwight Yoakam shuffle.
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I'm helping country sound a little more country.
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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.
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I have a great band of great guys. We're a lot of fun.
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We're boot–friendly here.
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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.
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People out west love country music.
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I grew up in rural Dixon, CA, and I've been hunting with my father ever since I was a young boy. He taught me how to hunt and shoot, firearm safety, and have respect for the outdoors.
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I'd like to start a tradition of getting No. 1s - how 'bout that?
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I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once.
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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.
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I was writing songs by 12 and had a band by 14.
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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.
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'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.
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I love traditional country music, and I feel like there's a need for it and a want for it. But I enjoy everybody in country music.
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Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable.