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‟ There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars defending themselves. That deserves to be poked fun at.
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‟ I wanted to make an album that takes a journey through all my favorite periods in music and then culminates in something that will most likely end my career.
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‟ Music Row gets dragged through the dirt, but they're just trying to survive.
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‟ Back home, playing music is never anything you imagine you can do for a living. It's what you do after work.
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‟ Country music especially can get very formulaic - you know, you have to have your verses and a bridge and a chorus, and a lot of the songs are written as just plain and simple poetry on the road.
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‟ I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country music, too. Then, when I moved to Nashville, I put out a very traditional country record because that's just what you do. I had a bunch of very traditional country songs. Next thing you know, you're a country singer.
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‟ I want people to focus on listening, not the image. And I want to play to everyone: rednecks, dubstep kids, punk rockers, and people who like as-real-as-it-gets country music.
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‟ I someday hope to find the time and coin to invest more of my creative energy towards the visual media side of releasing music.
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‟ I'd love to make short film videos pushing the conventional standards of what a country music video can be.
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‟ I'm interested in exploring various forms of newer media that might allow those who otherwise don't listen to country to find and connect with my music.
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‟ Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in three - so I try to write country songs. But really, all good music is just soul music.
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