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You Have Record Companies That Sign Acts That They Think Are Great, And Then They Never Do Anything. Acts That They Don't Think Are Really Going To Do Much End Up Having A Career. I Don't Think Anyone Really Knows What It Is That Drives Somebody To Get On Their Computer And Want To Download A Song.

Records Are One Thing, And Obviously, Without Hit Songs, You Don't Have The Opportunity To Do Your Shows. But My Live Show Has Always Been My Selling Tool.

My Mom Was A Single Mom, And She Had Enough On Her Plate. I Knew When I Was Doing Something I Wasn't Supposed To, And I Tried To Keep Her From Finding Out About It. I Did A Pretty Good Job Of That.

If You Can Go Out With Your Live Show And Turn People On To That, Where You Have That Fan Base That's Religious And They're Going To Come See You When You're In That Town, Once Your Radio Success Is Gone And You're Not A Mainstream Guy Anymore You Can Still Go Out And Play Your Shows.

I Think Country Music Is Obviously A Great Form Of Music. I Think It's Cool And Has Mass Appeal.