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I got a rebel side in me, but I'm not mean!
I like whiskey and I like vodka, too. And beer.
I always had a musical bone, I guess if you will.
I know it takes more than one album to stay around.
I've always liked all kinds of different types of music.
My voice is obviously real southern - I automatically lean country.
I just want to be able to do it all just because that's what life is.
I'm all for a good slow song and I love all different kinds of music.
I think it takes a little bit of time for people to take you seriously.
From a young age, I took an interest in the music and my mom noticed it.
I'm not a huge award type person, that's not really what lights my fire.
I didn't want to act like I'm too cool for school or anything like that.
I've been singing in church and wherever else I got the chance since I was 3.
I still dabble in different types of music, but I'm sticking to my Country roots.
My dad is a preacher. Growing up, I went to church every time the doors were open.
I liked Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles. Those were some of my favorites.
I have my hopes high. I don't know how I'll top the Luke Combs tour, but I guess we'll see.
I didn't know if I could write. I was writing all these songs at home and was like, 'Maybe I can write?'
I'm always saying normal things, and people usually understand me, but they're like, 'Where are you from?!'
I can speak for everybody in saying we've all been through a breakup to where you didn't want it to be over.
Cutoff flannel and a mullet. That's what I'm rolling with. If you see me onstage, that's what it's gonna be!
I listened to Country music a little bit, but it didn't enter my life until I started listening to Eric Church.
I feel like I have gotten to know Chicago pretty well, and every time I come here I have a really good response.
I'm by no means the person that I strive to be. I don't think anyone is the person that we strive to be. But I try.
As soon as I was old enough to move and walk, I went straight to sports. My mom said I never even played with toys.
I think that the best music and the music that people relate to the most is the honest music that people feel themselves in it.
My 91-year-old great-grandma would get out of her chair and whip me if I start acting like I'm some star or something like that.
I didn't even know what 'The Voice' was, but my mom said, 'I signed you up for this singing show,' and I was like, 'All right, I guess.'
I don't have any answers, but in my personal opinion, I'm a person that has faith and I believe that a lot of people have neglected God.
A lot of people say I talk like 'country-gangster' almost. I don't know how that's possible or how that happens, but some people say that.
You never know the plan. You never know what's going to happen. We are not even promised tomorrow. I just try to focus on one day at a time.
I really got into Three Doors Down - that's the sound that was out when I was 12 or 13. I really loved Breaking Benjamin and bands like that.
I didn't necessarily grow up with country being my first priority as a music listener. I grew up listening to classic rock and Christian music.
I feel like that's my foundation and my roots, what I believe in - no matter where life takes me, I'll always be the same guy and same person at heart.
I wanted to put a song out there to let people know who I was and, at the same time, help me set apart from a lot of different people in country radio.
I think Diplo is a true global artist. I feel that he is exposing country artists to his global reach and that's something that is rarely done in our genre.
I don't want to be New Vocalist of the Year; that's not a goal of mine. If those things come along, that would be awesome, but that's not something I strive for.
I can't wait to get over to the U.K. for my first time ever. I've always heard how amazing the fans are over there - looking forward to experiencing it for myself.
There's a lot of things we go through and we don't even know why... At the end of the day, God has a purpose and a plan for you, and that's kind of how I take that.
I still have my buddies from back home, I still have my family. They really help to keep me grounded. I try to call them and talk to them about their everyday life.
I didn't do anything but write for six months after I got my publishing deal. That was just trying to get better and figure out my sound and the way I like to do it.
I definitely don't wanna be known as the 'Up Down' guy. I love singing that song, I love that song, but yeah, there's definitely more to me than just a party for sure.
I've established this kind of wild persona and these redneck party songs and a live show that's kind of rowdy, but I don't want people to think that's what I'm all about.
I know that I come from a place of small-town roots and of humble beginnings and I try to keep those things in my songs - just stuff that I know people like me can relate to.
My parents are avid supporters of me, and just hearing my name and the word 'Grammy' in the same sentence would be a dream come true. I mean, that's something you put on your tombstone.
People aren't just listening to my single, but they are listening to the whole album - and that's really encouraging to me because you just never know what's going to happen when you put something out.
My dad had a guitar that he gave me. I went to Walmart and bought a chord chart and hung it up in my room, and I was just trying to figure out how to play the guitar and put words with what I was learning.
I took a few months off after my senior year was over, and I prayed and tried to figure out what was my plan and my purpose. That's how I started writing songs and playing guitar just to get my feelings out.
I had a bowl cut. That was pretty bad. Definitely a bowl cut. And I used to have blond, like really, really, blond hair when I was a kid. So blond bowl cut - that's what I was rocking when I was a little kid.
Right after high school... the first time I ever recorded music was with a rapper, a friend of mine, and I would just be like, 'I'll sing your choruses.' So I would sing his hooks and he would go in there and rap.