I’m never at my best on television. There’s a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it’s very weird, very confusing. Country music is still your grandpa’s music, but it’s also your daughter’s music. It’s getting bigger and better all the time and I’m glad to be a part of it. I don’t have to worry about what people are thinking and what’s going on in the industry. I don’t want that stuff to influence what I’m doing. Because I think it stifles you creatively. I don’t want to have to care too much about that. All I care about is I don’t want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain. I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you’ve put up your hair without looking. I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that’s making me successful. I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength. I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you’re really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That’s the way I’ve always lived my life. I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I’m doing. All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I’ve achieved since then is above and beyond. |