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I don't want to put a name on my music. Other people can put a name on what I do. It's just the union of what I've been listening to and what I've been learning. It has some elements of classical music, it has some rock, it has some jazz, but I don't want to give it a name.

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

I don't ever use my name for anything in terms of getting the music heard.

I hope I don't give music a bad name.

I used to be fast and loose with the term 'country' because I didn't know what else to call my music. I still don't.

I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock.

It doesn't matter if you stick the name 'bluegrass' on it. I think people call things bluegrass that I wouldn't necessarily call bluegrass, but what they're calling country music today I'm not sure that I would call country music. But I love music and I try to encourage people.

Out of all the R&B artists that have come out, I think my name has been used most in hip-hop songs.

I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.