Walker Hayes

The last thing I want to do is just be another voice on country music radio.

Kenny Chesney's music cuts. He gets into those massive ballads like 'There Goes My Life' and 'The Good Stuff' and things like that that just crush you, and delivers them so well. Some of that you can't really put your finger on; it's just magic.

I'm not a churchgoer.

For 12 years, I was playing writer's rounds.

Every time I've gone in to create music and felt free and felt like I was actually creating something, it's turned out something I'm really proud of, so I try to keep that as a tradition.

You find yourself writing the truth, because it's like, 'Well, I ain't writing for anyone but myself anyway.'