When it came to country, I loved the stories.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.
I like the stories with the historical themes.
As a child, I was fortunate enough to be close to family members who were - and still are - great storytellers. I was a gullible country boy from Rocky Mount, Virginia, and I believed every folktale they told me, no matter how fantastic.
Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.
I'm a big fan of country.
The best story is the story that gets to the most people.
I like stories in specific time periods. 'The Revenant's' era of American history was fascinating because it was this lawless no-man's land. It defined the idea of the American frontiersman as man conquering nature. In a way, the story of Hugh Glass is about man dominating nature.
From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.
I was just fascinated with how everyone else in the world lived, and I was interested in telling their story.
To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do.
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