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(birds tweeting)

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(cow mooing)

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(country music)

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- I'm just kind of a down home guy

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that gets to live a dream right now

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and just have some fun and I like to have a good time.

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I love family.

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I love the Lord and I love country music.

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(soft country music)

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My grandfather was in the Air Force.

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He joined in 1948 and then my dad was in the Air Force.

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And then, of course, I joined the Air Force.

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And so, kind of a military background

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on one side of the family

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and then the other side was kinda the musical side.

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And so, I joined the Air Force.

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It seemed like the smartest choice and loved it.

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Believe it or not, I would literally

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still be in the Air Force

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if I didn't get the opportunity to go do what I do now.

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And it's because of people in the Air Force,

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it's because of all the people

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that are still in the military, all branches.

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That still continue to fight the good fight,

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then I get to live this dream, and be free,

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and get to go play all these places.

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It's very cool.

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It's just, it's very cool.

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(people talking)

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Definitely what opened the door for me in the music,

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in the music business area, was Tops in Blue.

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And of course, you learn about the music business

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while you're there 'cause that's what you're doing.

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I mean, your job for a year is doing music.

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Then I met my producer, who was the music director

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for Tops in Blue, and he is a producer on the outside.

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He was like, you know, "You ever thought about getting out?

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You're pretty good."

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You know?

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And we got offered a deal from Barry

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to produce my first album and boom.

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You know?

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So, I do, I owe a lot to Tops in Blue.

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What we learn in the United States Air Force is,

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we learned determination,

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we learn hard work, your ethics,

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you know, all those things that we learn,

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training, train like you fight.

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Right, you know?

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I apply all those things to music groups.

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And I think that's why I've been successful

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in such a short time is because we're trained that way.

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That's what we do.

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You don't punch the clock.

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There's no 9 to 5, you know.

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Music business is very much the same way.

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And if you don't take it that way,

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again, you're probably not gonna make it.

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You have to put in the work.

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(cymbals clanging)

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If you have a dream and you want to pursue that dream,

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then go after it.

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The same commitment that we put in

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when we join the military,

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and we sign and raise our hand and say

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"This is what we're gonna do."

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You gotta put that same commitment

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in the dream that you want.

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Anything is possible if you put your mind to it.

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I think anything is possible if you dream big enough.

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And I think anything is possible if you put in enough work.

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(country music)