I never listened to country music growing up.
How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?
Nashville has a formula, and it works a lot of the time, but it wasn't right for me. They're afraid to step outside the box - even though, with me, my success came because I was outside of the box to begin with.
Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.
But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.
James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.