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I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss. The main connection is they both came up in church.

Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.

Country singers put a lot of soul into their songs, and I enjoy that.

Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting.

I've spent a lifetime in love with country music.

If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.

I have always been infatuated with country music.

There are so many music genres competing against each other, but I feel like country music has always been a unified front.

I didn't think I liked country music. Then I got into Garth Brooks.

Musically, I actually grew up listening to country music as a kid, like George Strait, Alan Jackson... all those guys. So it was kind of weird crossing over from that to pop and R&B, but you know, I love Michael Jackson, Ne-Yo, Usher, R. Kelly, Drake, Boyz II Men.