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I Don't Use The Big Video Screens That A Lot Of Other Artists Use Because Personally, I Think It's Kind Of A Crutch. I Think Sometimes It's Like Watching Television As Opposed To Really Getting Involved With What Is Happening Onstage And The People In Your Section.

Man, If Anybody Knew The Path That We've Been On, No One In Their Right Mind Would Ever Try To Duplicate It. That's Something Nashville Always Tries To Do, Though. If Something Is Successful, They Try To Repeat It By Telling Other People, "hey, Do What That Guy Did." I Just Don't Think It Works That Way. The First One Who Gest There, The One That Cuts The Path ... It's Always The Roughest Path But I Think It's Got The Most Reward At The End.

I Went To My Dad When I Was 17 And Said, 'i Want To Be A Country Music Star.' Which Every Dad Loves To Hear. And He Said, 'i Want You To Go To College.' So We Had A Discussion. And I'm Pretty Stubborn. I'm A Lot Like Him. And He Said, 'if You Go To College And Graduate, I'll Pay Your First Six Months Of Rent In Nashville.' So He Bribed Me.

I've Always Thought, It's The Artist That Write The Songs And Make The Records. And It's Our Responsibility To Set The Tone For What's Happening In The Industry. And I Take That Seriously.

I Think Right Now, You've Seen These Artists Pop Up Over The Last Decade Who've Flirted With Branching Together A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Music. Some Of Them Have Been Huge, And Sold Millions Of Records. And I Think Over Time It's Become A Little Bit Of What The Industry Can Be.