I`ve always said I can`t tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys.
Everybody should have their own thing, and if he don`t want to be a role model, that should be up to him. In the right situations, I can try to help and be a role model, but I`m still gonna speak my mind, and if that affects the role-model deal, then too ...
My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I`d been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8, and started trying to write songs as a teenager.
