"Some of my favorite records growing up were Christmas albums. The ones I liked best were the albums ..." — Chris Young

Everybody has their favorite sad songs. That's part of what I love so much about country music. Country music is never afraid to go with a sad song.

Social media is a very, very powerful tool. It also gives power to tools.

If you were to ask me when I was 17 if I was mad because I didn't have a deal, I would have probably said, 'Yeah.' Now I'm so glad I got it when I got it. People tell you to be patient and wait. Patience is not a virtue of mine, but I think everything definitely happened the right way for me.

We didn't have a whole lot of cash growing up. My mom was a single parent for a while before my stepdad came into the picture.