Quotes from Jon Pardi

You gotta have a good beat to survive in modern country in general. Everyone wants to feel good, laugh, dance, and cry. But at the same time, they all want it to sound happy.

You've got these guys that have this fresh, street, hip-hop country that sells a zillion. Keep doing that. I'll keep doing my stuff. We'll see how it goes.

I always want to just stay humble, and I always want to keep climbing.

'Dirt On My Boots' is a very different song. I heard the melody, and I heard the lyrics, and I heard the drive of that song. I totally related. It was kinda me when I was on my bulldozer working for my dad.

We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could be on your project, you go ahead and record it instead of try to write it.

You gotta do both. You've got to be on those big tours, and you've got to be in the clubs.

I'd like to start a tradition of getting No. 1s - how 'bout that?

For my shows, I don't play too many slow songs.

I had a drummer I really wanted to move to Nashville with me, and he's like, 'Naw, I can't go, man.' He never could pull the trigger. It's a big move. You just gotta be diehard - you gotta give it your all, you know.

It's always a good feeling to be recognized for something.

I've been able to carve my way out with lyrics and melodies.

What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to.

As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits.

As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out of the park.

I'm more of a songwriter. I love writing songs. I love writing my songs. It's always been writing for me, and it makes it different when you're writing for yourself.

I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that mix is a lot of what has kept me going and kept people fired up about the music.

'Head Over Boots' is a shuffle, but it's more of a Motown laid-back shuffle than, say, a Dwight Yoakam shuffle.

I'm mixing country with kind of a modern twist to it.

As a songwriter, you always want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new.

Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable.

I'm moving forward and getting new fans at every show.

A lot of my fans, and a lot of country music fans, they still wear boots.

I love the story of the guy coming to Nashville and then kind of getting set down and told, 'This is how the town works,' which, I've totally been there. But the coolest thing about 'Out of Style' is it's a song within a song.

I always want to have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music.