My Mother Kept Asking Me, "when Are

A Country Song Is A Song About Life.

I Think I've Always Approached Making Albums Pretty Much The Same Way. I'm Just Looking For A Mixture Of Songs And Topics That Aren't The Same Thing Over And Over.

"after 17" Is A Song I Wrote When My First Daughter Went To College, So That's Kind Of Where I'm At In That Part Of My Life. If You Listen To That Song And Knew Anything About Me, You'd Say, "oh Yeah, He Wrote That About His Daughter," But I Try Not To Write Them That They Are So Specific That They Wouldn't Apply To Anybody That Has A Child.

I've Had Several Working-man Songs That I Like.

When I Was In High School, I Don't Know That I Really Had Big Dreams.