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Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.

My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country.

As a little kid I had a girlfriend, and her boyfriend used to beat me up, so then I used to sing these songs, and that's what it's all about. Country music is all about your heart and your people and things like that.

I've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics.

To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.

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 don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's the most beautiful kind of music there is.

I've always wanted to sing country music.

I love country music, always have and always will.

You gotta 'be' country music - you can't just sing it.