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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.

In The Digital Age We're In Now, With Satellite Radio And Pandora And Stuff Like That, It's Not About, "i Listen To This Kind Of Music." It's About, "i Listen To Good Music And Bad Music."

I Went To My Dad When I Was 17 And Said, 'i Want To Be A Country Music Star.' Which Every Dad Loves To Hear. And He Said, 'i Want You To Go To College.' So We Had A Discussion. And I'm Pretty Stubborn. I'm A Lot Like Him. And He Said, 'if You Go To College And Graduate, I'll Pay Your First Six Months Of Rent In Nashville.' So He Bribed Me.

As Far As Writing, It's Grown Because I've Really Grown Comfortable With Who I Am.

I Think Right Now, You've Seen These Artists Pop Up Over The Last Decade Who've Flirted With Branching Together A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Music. Some Of Them Have Been Huge, And Sold Millions Of Records. And I Think Over Time It's Become A Little Bit Of What The Industry Can Be.