I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.
I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.
I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.
This is good for all of us, ... This is good for a lot of New Yorkers that are starved for their country music.
For a long, long time I felt music was a trick for me. Because I had been playing guitar at such an early age, it felt like a magic trick -- I didn't really have a deep-seated appreciation for it. And I went through a period where I think I came very close to God taking it away from me. Fortunately, I got through it and suddenly went 'Oh my God, this is an amazing thing.' Music is a phenomenal thing and I saw it as a blessing and not as a trick anymore, and as soon as I recognized it for that, everything started coming together.
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