Hick-hop is a combination of your traditional country instruments - the fiddle, banjo, the pedal steel guitar - and then I`m running off the mouth on top of all that, ... I just started doing it because I grew up singing to country music and rap and rock, and I combined all my favorite music together and came up with this.
Rollin` (The Ballad of Big & Rich).
I was working my way up through management so I could get my own store, ... Then they invited me to go out with them. It was a big deal that a lot of people wanted.
I remember the first three times I bought tickets to see Brooks and Dunn and had tickets far away from the stage, so it`s cool now to get to see them up close,
It`s pretty cool, people really come out and support South Carolina. They are rabid fans, man, they really enjoy it.
It`s true, if you go to someone`s MP3 player or iPod you`re not going to find just one genre,
Man, I`ve had people for years tell me what I`m doing is ridiculous, and I shouldn`t be doing it,
He`s been a good ambassador for country music for people around the world,
People laugh about that old joke where country music songs are about getting your truck repossessed. Well, I did have my truck repossessed, ... I did leave a good job for a shot at stardom only to end up with a career in retail.
I always thought to myself, `Why should I appease you, Mr. So-and-So? Why shouldn`t I just be who I am and do what I do? It doesn`t really matter what I look like as long as the music is good,