There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women, the fortunes, the football players and the murders are all bigger than anywhere else.
I was freaking out when Brooks & Dunn were breaking up. I thought 'We play a ton of rodeos, and I thought this was such a cowboy deal, and I don't wear a hat. They might not think I'm a cowboy. That might sound ridiculous to a lot of people, but apparently, it meant something to me. I wound up with a cowboy tattoo from my elbow to my wrist.
I'm South American, and growing up in New York, I had the total stereotypical way of thinking of what Texas was about. I'm like, Texas. Big. Cows. Cowboys. Cowboy hats and cowboy boots. And barbeque.
I lived in Texas for 10 years.
In most red states, country music is a major way of life.
I was in session through the winter and announced rodeos in the summer… There’s an amazing correlation ... in that there’s bull in each profession.
Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me.
I just fell in love with the cowboy way of life.
My western heritage runs deep.
