Song Content Quotes

I don't have one song about partying.

I think people really like my voice, the way I sing, the things I put in a song.

I just never want to do anything that's going to compromise what I do. It would have to be a song where there would be honest discussion about something.

Just because I don't sing about the normal country themes doesn't mean my songs aren't country. I'd rather sing about having fun.

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.

People who listen to them properly don't underestimate them. Unfortunately, there's so much about my career and me that distracts people from the actual content of most of my songs.

Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.

I wanted to show that pop music can be about something else other than the big love songs.

I like to deal in the reality of life. I'm too old to sing about women and things like that.

Nothing in my songs is disrespective.

I don't sing about politics or anything like that. I sing about love. That's what I know about.

It is something I've noticed - that my audiences are young. My only thought has been because I play all-ages shows. Even so, they're pretty young, and sometimes I'm nervous the content of my songs - these weird, ambiguous, philosophical ideas I'm trying to articulate. Are the kids getting it? Is it going over their heads?

Writing songs about having a nice time - 'Oh I'm so happy on tour with my band' - I'd find it really difficult to write a good song about it.