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My music lives because of real players.

Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.

In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform them from a very real place.

Real music to me is real; it's what you feel.

I draw inspiration from anything and everybody and that's what country music is to me... real life stories and real life emotions.

Music is real. It affects people; it's real.

I lived for music since I could think.

Music is real; it's something you can touch and feel.

Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me.

I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there is behind me. I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.