Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.
I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.
I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.