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Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

I do know that country music is driven by the songs. I think there's probably a core of what the material is about, which is family and love and the ups and downs of life, and I think that resonates with people.

My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.

Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.

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

Country music is all about telling stories, and we're just telling a little different one.

One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.

You have the ability to write melodies and to put lyrics that mean something: to speak about life and what people are going through in their every day ups and downs, the good times and the bad times. Country music has always talked about life, I think; that's what I've always loved about it.

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.

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.