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The Most Important Thing For Me As An Artist Is Having An Identity.

I'm Not A Guy Who Can Go In And Go, "hey, Are We Doing Right Or Wrong?" I Just Do It. And Whatever It Is, It Is.

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.

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

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.