Stay Young And Wild As Long As

Man, If Anybody Knew The Path That We've Been On, No One In Their Right Mind Would Ever Try To Duplicate It. That's Something Nashville Always Tries To Do, Though. If Something Is Successful, They Try To Repeat It By Telling Other People, "hey, Do What That Guy Did." I Just Don't Think It Works That Way. The First One Who Gest There, The One That Cuts The Path ... It's Always The Roughest Path But I Think It's Got The Most Reward At The End.

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.

I've Always Thought, It's The Artist That Write The Songs And Make The Records. And It's Our Responsibility To Set The Tone For What's Happening In The Industry. And I Take That Seriously.

There's Just A Lot Of People That Hold On To What Country Means To Them. I Love Fiddle, I Love Steel, But I Don't Think It Should Be A Rule That It Has To Be Used In Every Song. I Think That's Not What Defines Or Makes Country Music.

Stay Young And Wild As Long As You Can