Country sure has changed in the last 10 years. It was one thing, then it was another. Country has slowly marched toward a rock beat and rock preservation. Country artists of today. Man! That's how I used to sound in the '80s.

For me or a Bruce Springsteen to sit up in our ivory towers and make comments about racism, well, were not really in it, are we?

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

I know there's a balance, I see it when I swing past.

Immersing yourself in the environment of a real record store where music is celebrated and cherished adds real value to the experience of buying music. In some ways, that retail experience is as important as the music.

Give me someone I can look up to, show me someone I can love.

Check it out, forgot to say hello to my neighbors. Check it out, sometimes I question my own behavior.