A Country Song Is A Song About

You Think About People Like Hank Williams, Who Stood On That Spot Of Wood, And Mr. Acuff, And, Of Course, George Jones. And Just About Anybody You Can Think Of Who Has Made Country Music Has Been On That Stage. That's What Makes You So Nervous - To Think About The Historical Part Of The Opry And How It's Played Such A Part In Country Music.

I Think I've Always Approached Making Albums Pretty Much The Same Way. I'm Just Looking For A Mixture Of Songs And Topics That Aren't The Same Thing Over And Over.

I've Always Stood Up For Country Music.

Growing Up In Georgia, I Used To Think People Up North Or Out West Were So Different. They're Really Not. They're Just Regular People Who Live In Small Towns. They Grow Up And Try To Raise Families And Have A Job And Go To Church And Play Softball. It's That Way Everywhere.

I Like To Write Sad Songs. They're Much Easier To Write And You Get A Lot More Emotion Into Them. But People Don't Want To Hear Them As Much. And Radio Definitely Doesn't; They Want That Positive, Uptempo Thing.