Everybody Always Tells You What An Awesome

When I First Started, You Could Go To A College Campus And It Was Not Cool To Wear A Country Artist's Shirt On Campus. It Was Taboo, And There Was A Stigma Involved. In The Time From Then Till Now, I'm Amazed At How Much Things Have Changed. It's Young Now, It's Cool, It's Hip

Music's Cyclical. There's Always That Next Generation That Always Comes Along.

I'd Trusted My Fan Base, I'd Trusted The My Gut, And I'd Trusted The Music. ...the Real Experts Are Out There In Front Of You Every Night. They're The Ones Buying The Tickets And Coming To The Shows. They're The Professionals In This Business, And They're The Only Ones Who Can Tell You Which Songs Have The Ability To Move Them.

The Evolution Of The Music Is What Allows It To Survive.

If I Was Concerned About My Legacy, There’s No Way I Would Ever Sit There [and Be A Reality-show Judge]. Once Your Career Becomes About Some¬thing Other Than The Music, Then That’s What It Is. I’ll Never Make That Mistake.