The Town I Came From

The Town I Came From Really Had One Industry, And That Was Furniture.

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 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.

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.

We're All Given A Window Of Opportunity, I Think All Artists Are, Of Any Genre. A Window When You're Truly Relevant, The Spotlight's On You And People Are Watching What You Do.