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I'm Glad I Took That Time To Work Really Hard On The Music. I Feel The Effects Of That Now In A Positive Way With My Connection With The Audience.

There Are Only So Many Hours You Can Sit On The Bus And Watch Tv Or Play Basketball Or Whatever We Do To Pass The Time Before We Go Out Onstage.

When I Started Playing Music At East Tennessee State University I Would Sit On A Stool With A Tip Jar In Front Of Me And Play Four Hours A Night At A College Bar Called Quarterback's Barbecue. I Wasn't Thinking About Doing It For A Living. I Was Just Making Enough Money To Go To Taco Bell Every Day. People Were Eating Chips, Drinking Beer And Not Listening To Me. I'd Had Three Or Four Years Of People Ignoring Me, And I'd Kind Of Gotten Used To It.

Social Topics May Hit Too Close To Home For People, But Then Again, If You Pull A Heartstring, Then That's What Country Music Is. It's Not Just Songs About Getting Drunk And Leaving Your Girl.

Music's Supposed To Come From The Heart. I Felt Like That If It Ever Got Mechanical, I Was Going To Back Away From It.