Jon Pardi

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 love coming back around Northern California.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I love having those lyrics that at first make you think it's about one thing, but it's really about something so much more.

I've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter.

People out west love country music.

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

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.