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All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I've put everything I have into doing it right.

I started playing guitar, like, when I was 17 or so, but where I'm from, you just don't hear about people moving to Nashville and making it. It was such a foreign thing to me. I never knew music was an option for me.

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.

It used to be that Nashville would work to develop promising artists.

There's nothing like Nashville for making records.

Man, I live in Nashville. I know how good other songwriters and singers are around here. There's a wealth of talent in this town, not to mention the people who shoot in for a week or two to try their hand on lower Broad or the other venues around town.