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I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.
I have a love of baseball and a love of music.
I try to record music that people can relate to.
I love playing music. And that's what it's all about.
She gets on you under your skin like a tattoo she'll always be there!
I got a hat deal with Resistol, where I have my own line of cowboy hats.
Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.
Yeah I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones.
After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one.
I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.
I think country music is obviously a great form of music. I think it's cool and has mass appeal.
You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that.
I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions.
I would say, 'Go ask any couple that's been married for 30, 40, 50 years... It hasn't always been roses.'
I think everybody would love to say they were in a movie. Whether or not I'm any good at it, I don't know.
I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.
Gimme some of that you and me, Some of that way back when, A little bit of wild and free I wanna feel that again
I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you - I forget the fact that it's fried.
My dad encouraged anything I wanted to do, especially music. Actually he drove me around to places where I could play.
I didn't get into music to become famous and I didn't get into music to become rich either - I got into because I liked it.
Hearing people clapping draws you in pretty quick. It's like bungee cord jumping - it's a rush; you just want to do it again.
No matter what you do, you're going to have people who have something to say about something you do. You can't please anybody.
I don't think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they will burn you, haha.
If it takes you a year to cut a record, I don't know, you need to find something else to do. It really shouldn't take that long.
'She's Country' obviously changed a lot of things for us and pretty much, I think, doubled our crowd size in just a few months time.
Obviously when you're making music, you want it to get out to as many people as possible. You want to reach as many people as you can.
There's a lot of people I'd love to work with at some point, but I think the song has to be the right thing. It has to be the right fit.
You don't want to get too ahead of yourself and go out thinking you can play stadiums every night, and they end up being about half-full.
I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry.
I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.
It's the only time that I'm ever nervous on stage, is when we're doing live TV. Especially an awards show, because I know you can't fix it.
I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia.
It feels good when your hometown supports you, and Macon's always done that with us. Every time we come here, it's an event - which is nice.
I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and be a millionaire.
I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!
I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.
My goal is that when the last song is over, and you're walking back to the parking lot, you're already on your phone searching to find the next show.
It'll be my luck that the worst candidate will pick up 'Fly Over States' as his election song. Then I'll be forever linked to that guy, whoever he is!
The only person that anybody's ever said I resemble is a young Elvis. It used to happen a lot more when I was younger, and more when I don't wear a hat.
Country music artists are staying true to their roots, keeping it country but throwing a little bit of rock flair in there which I think is a good thing.
Records are one thing, and obviously, without hit songs, you don't have the opportunity to do your shows. But my live show has always been my selling tool.
I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.
Our first No. 1 was 'Why' and we waited two years to have another one. It felt like forever, and now I feel like I'm celebrating one every few months, which I love.
People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.
I'm trying to get an acting gig on 'CSI' or something like that, so we'll see how that works out. I'm a singer, definitely not an actor, so I just follow directions.
It's one of those things where if I do a movie, I don't even know if I'm any good. So, I may do one and it sucks and I'm a horrible actor, and I'll never do another one.
In the music business, especially the country music business, every 10 years or so you're going to have this changing of the guard, this wave of new artists that comes in.
If the right thing comes along and you get an opportunity to be a part of something you believe in, and you think it's cool and want to put your name on it, then you should.
There's nothing cooler than a good fitting, worn-in pair of Wrangler jeans, so it's great that with the new Retro line, my fans can go out and rock the same styles that I love.
My producer, Michael Knox, he's kind of my eyes and ears on Music Row. While I'm out on the road, he's looking for songs, and then he and I will get together and go over songs.