Dierks Bentley

I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.

Where I'm at in my relationship with my wife or my family and life in general, I feel like it all comes out in the music. Hopefully, it's always there, but in an ambiguous and abstract way and not real straightforward.

I never want to lose the audience's attention or break up the party, but at the same time, it would be weird not to do some new music.

Most of my read on America is through looking through the front windshield of a bus and hanging out with country music fans backstage.

When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.

Music is my first love, and I can't step away from her. I love music, and I love playing and living the dream, but I also miss my family.

My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.

I wrote a song called 'Here on Earth,' and the hook is, 'There's no answers here on earth.' Basically, searching for the 'why' when someone passes away, and I feel really fortunate that my dad lived as long as he did. But no matter what happens or how it happens, it's certainly a stinker.