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To Me, Songwriting Is The Backbone Of Nashville. Looks Can Go, Fads Can Go, But A Good Song Lasts Forever.

You Have To Be Tough-skinned And Willing To Accept Criticism, And At The Same Time, Just Try To Do Music That You Like And You Are Proud Of And Not Just Whatever You Think It's Going To Take To Get You On The Radio.

I Always Try To Make The Music That I Like And Think My Fans Will Like.

There's No Hall Of Fame For That Working Class Hero, No Statue Carved Out Of Stone. And His Greatest Reward Is The Love Of A Woman And His Children.

I Like To Write Sad Songs. They're Much Easier To Write And You Get A Lot More Emotion Into Them. But People Don't Want To Hear Them As Much. And Radio Definitely Doesn't; They Want That Positive, Uptempo Thing.