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I'm a big fan of country music.

Country fans and country listeners deserve to have something better... a song that really has something to say, something that makes you feel something.

I've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics.

Country fans are the most loyal in the world, but they know every song that you put out - not just the singles.

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.

To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.

I do know that country music is driven by the songs. I think there's probably a core of what the material is about, which is family and love and the ups and downs of life, and I think that resonates with people.

I've always wanted to be accepted by country music fans - without lying.

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.

Country singers put a lot of soul into their songs, and I enjoy that.