That's what country music is: real.
Some people say I'm not country, but they don't really know how I grew up.
My nana was a detective; my nana was a great cop. You also have bad cops that were bullied in school or whatever and think that they have power, and that makes other cops look bad.
I love to sing and never thought I'd be able to do it, and it happened for me.
I feel like everybody has a dream, so why not try and help everybody to accomplish that dream.
I learned that my upbringing was rough, but there's other people out there where their upbringing is even worse than mine. It just gives you even more of a reason to want to help.
A lot of people say I inspire them or I've helped them - kids who have been bullied in school or parents coming up to me because their kids have been bullied or anything that they've went through. It really touches me.
It can beat an artist down when people say bad things about you.
I just like to see people smile.
I've learned that I don't take 'no' as an answer. I'm very competitive; I'm very prideful.
I just want to help people, especially with the platform I'm on. I try and help people as much as possible.
I'm not a mean person, so it kind of hurts when people are mean to me, but that's life.
I could help a lot of people's kids that are going through racism or getting bullied. That's what I wanna do.
Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.
Chris Young was a big influence of mine, and he's one of my good friends now.
My nana is a real life mentor, and so is Brad Paisley and a few other idols in country music.
I always like to appreciate any achievement but then try and figure out how to top that the next time.
Color does matter, even though people don't see it. I've lived it my whole life. It's just what I know.
I feel like I am the outsider on the inside, if that makes sense. But I have coped with it.
I wanted to call it 'Experiment' because it's all kinds of different sounds. We have a bunch of instruments on there that are basically going extinct, like the fiddle, the steel guitar, the slide.
