"You should work at everything you do and try to perfect it as best you can."
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"There's just enough drinking and cheating songs around without me adding to them. Unless you've got something better than "Misery and Gin" by Merle Haggard, you're beating a dead horse."
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"I don't understand how a musician can play 90 minutes on stage and then not dedicate a little bit of time to hang out at their merch table. It's not like digging a ditch or something; you're standing there thanking people for coming out to see you."
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"I wouldn't want someone assuming that some negative song has some truth between me and my wife. There was a song that one of my buddies sent me, and it was an awesome song. It was about this woman who had fallen in love with a man that wasn't her husband, and I love everything about the song except for the fact that I personally cannot sing it. It would kill me if someone thought I was singing it about my wife."
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"I'll work to maintain my work ethic out on the road, playing my shows, giving 110%, keeping God first, my family second, and treating my fans like royalty."
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"I put everything in God's hands, asking him to give me strength and understanding. I asked him to help me to be strong for my family and that he would continue to take care of us. One day, shortly after that, I woke up really inspired."
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"I couldn't write a song to save my life. I wouldn't say that I started to panic, but I was definitely getting frustrated. I couldn't even cross a t or dot an i."
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"Family is fun, way more fun than music."
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"I still have a lot of passion for music, but I would quit it tomorrow if that's what my family needed me to do. I'm sure I'd miss it, but it's a job."
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"I would rather have 100,000 fans for a lifetime than a million for a couple years."
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"I want to keep my fan base supplied with a steady chain of music."
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"I'd like to think that throughout my career whatever my current record is has 110% of my best."
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"I think most performers are just lazy."
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"I keep a pretty tight grip on my schedule and I compare it a lot to a fireman's - a four-on then four-off type of deal."
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"I'm living the dream. I've got a big tour bus, an incredible band, a big house, and a family that are all taken care of through my music. I've got a beautiful wife and three beautiful kids."
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"I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills."
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"I just never gave anything else much thought after music. I just hope that I'm doing what God intended me to do, and that's all."
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"There might be some of them that don't care. To me, it's important that my fans know how much I appreciate them."
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"Once I made up my mind that music was what I wanted to do, I never looked back."
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