I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.
I've always gone back and forth between acting and music, but for music I'm not trying to be a pop star - I just like to do it.
I'm very interested in music and where these sounds of Western music come from.
I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.
If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music.
I grew up listening to 1980s country music, mostly. Early '90s. That time period was my favorite.
In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all the time.
The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it.
The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.
I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.
The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them.
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.
At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.
Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.
I think that what is important is that the music be honest and direct and that it is relevant to today. I think music needs to be of its time and speak to that time.
Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged.
There's nothing better than live music. It's raw energy, and raw energy feeds the soul.
To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality.
Though music transcends language, culture and time, and though notes are the same, Indian music is unique because it is evolved, sophisticated and melodies are defined.
Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.
