“My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly pl…” — 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.