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I have lots of fans, they are mostly under the age of 12, boys and girls.

But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they'll move forward too.

I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys.

I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.

I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.

I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.

If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.

We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up.

It was only later on that I became more interested in older music.

I hope my fans will grow with me. I want to be like Michael Jackson: 5-year-olds love his music, and 75-year-olds love his music.