I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music.
When I was 12 years old, my dad got into country music. My first CD was Wynonna Judd, and I loved it.
I should have been a country-western singer. After all, I'm older than most western countries.
I was talking to Alan Jackson. He had his second Greatest Hits album. He said, You don't ever get into this really thinking you're gonna make it.
I've always been a huge Eric Church fan. I'll never forget being in college listening to his first album and how much it inspired to write my own music.
I get asked all the time, "What is a George Strait song?" I know it when I hear it. I don't seek a specific tempo or lyric or melody. It just has to make sense. Maybe it is natural because I was given the gift to sing.
I'm a huge Travis Tritt fan. I'm a big Southern rock guy.
The only thing I want to be known as is a country singer. I want people to hear it and go, 'That's country!'
At 16, I started really loving country music, and Collin Raye just had the most amazing ballads!
