The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that's usually the case when there's a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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I don't let many things that are superficial keep me in a box.
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You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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I am from the country, and I grew up mostly influenced by country music.