"I've never really been a traditional country kind of guy. I wanted my music to sound more like the end of the '90s and to have the kind of great music, pop or whatever, that radio will embrace."

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"I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to."

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"It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year, and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me."

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