Quotes from Jon Pardi

I love performing, and if I didn't love it, I wouldn't be doing it.

I lean traditional, but 'Head Over Boots,' it's pretty country.

I was a huge Garth Brooks fan.

'Dirt on My Boots' was pegged as the second single from 'California Sunrise' from the get-go, and we felt like it was just a fun song to go with.

I started playing guitar by the time I was 9.

California is one of the most country-est states there is. We're really country.

I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good.

I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country.

There's so much you can learn from being on a big tour and so much you can learn from being in the clubs.

There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.'

There's been a lot of wedding songs and proposals. It's cool because when they play it at weddings so, it means a lot to them. That's a big deal. They're always going to remember 'Head Over Boots' as played at their wedding.

People out west love country music.

I love traditional country music, and I feel like there's a need for it and a want for it. But I enjoy everybody in country music.

If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.

My grandmother loved country music, and she's the one who really got me into country music. She had George Strait tapes, a bunch of them. I remember listening to tapes, taking them out, the covers and the back.

Take everything you can from what people say. Keep going and stick to your instincts. And what your soul tells you to do, use that.

Getting a beginner publishing deal really helped me gain the skills. I just kept writing and writing. You just take everything out of life and turn it into an idea or a melody or a song and find the best writers you can to write with that fit you and know what you want to do.

My music is my No. 1, and I've got people who believe in me and keep me going. I'm thankful.

I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once.

I can play with Florida Georgia Line. We can throw down with people. I think that's what sets me apart.

I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people.

There's so many great people in Country Radio, and I appreciate all the support they've given me.

'Swagger' would be the word for 'Dirt On My Boots.' With the real funky drum loop and the ganjo rolling down, and then the fiddles and the guitar and steel, it really took an old school style where it's fiddle, steel, guitar, and mixed it with a drum loop.

I'm helping country sound a little more country.