I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.
Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life... I like to be outdoors, I like to hunt, I like to fish, I like to play golf.
Even though I'm a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer.
I always know I'm a country singer, and regardless of where I've fallen into different places with my music, I know that, really, I'm a country singer.
I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.
The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer... if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?
If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.
I'll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am.
The core of me is country. It's what I love. It's what I write. Even when I sing pop stuff, I'm still singing it 'countrily.'
Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don't.