I Am Very Thankful And

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

I Want To Be The Guy Out There On The Edge.

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

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

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.