Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We’re storytellers.
Let the music play on would be my legacy.
Country is bringing in a little rock element… a little ’80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it.
Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.
When your past calls, don’t answer. It has nothing new to say.
All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.
Today we’ve learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists.
I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, ‘I love you.’ I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I’ve done my job in a world that’s getting colder and colder by the day.
Simplicity is the key to what I do.
I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.
Soul is a feeling, not a color.
When will we ever learn, there’s nowhere else we can turn.