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I do a lot of touring, yes, and I have my whole life ever since I was 19 years old, when I used to tour with Al Jarreau, Rickie Lee Jones, and Jackson Browne as a side musician.

I've loved Michael Jackson, his music, his music videos.

My first five albums were triple-platinum, and I played a lot of concerts.

I've done every kind of touring known to mankind. I've played the big and the small places.

I have a lot of musician friends. I worked in radio as a music director, and I know everybody hears about the George Straits and the Garth Brooks and the Kenny Chesneys and all that, but for every major star, there are thousands who didn't quite make it.

I always had a love of music, from the time I was a little kid, dressing up and singing along with Michael Jackson songs.

Growing up, as much as country was a big influence in my life, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin were such a close second. My first concert ever was the Rolling Stones in Denver. I snuck a camera backstage and filmed Mick Jagger during sound-check.

A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in.

The experiences that I've had growing up with music, you know, I couldn't trade them for any money in the world. Dancing in the living room to enjoy myself. 'Enjoy Yourself,' Michael Jackson.