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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.

I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up autobiographical songs work well, and sometimes a story is better. I like stories. I like to hear them. I don't think there are enough of them in songs anymore.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

I love story songs because I've always loved books.

I just like traditional songs that come from an honest place, and they make you feel something and tell a story and they flow right.

I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.

I try to tell a story musically in a song.

Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.

Not to take anything away from artists who don't write their own songs, but it's always been important to me to make sure it's my story.

I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.