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I think the attraction to country music is the fans, the lure of the hardcore fan base.

I feel like fans who like old Southern rock and country, and more lyric-driven songs in general, have come to country radio. I think that's why you see country radio growing and albums selling: People are craving a little more of the singer-songwriter stuff going on in country.

I've grown up with country music. I love how real everybody is, not just the artists, but the fans.

There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.

I've never really been a traditional country kind of guy. I wanted my music to sound more like the end of the '90s and to have the kind of great music, pop or whatever, that radio will embrace.

Country Music is great music because it really comes from real life experiences. It is such a great haven for reality.

What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are trying to develop their own uniqueness.

I really like the old stuff that I cut my musical teeth on, and I loved it when the industry was just like that, without really a genre. Today, country radio's more aimed at a demographic than a genre. It just softens everything.

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

I'm a big fan of country music.