Tom's Country View

"When you're making music you hope that the listener doesn't have any preconceived notions about you and what you do, or the style of music, or the genre of music, or anything. You hope that they just clear their mind, put the music on, listen to it with an open mind." (Sam Hunt / thefader.com, November 23, 2014)

"In January 1999, one month after he turned 14, Jason DeFord was baptized by full immersion at Whitsitt Chapel Baptist Church in Antioch, Tenn. By the end of that year, he was incarcerated for the first, but not the last, time." (Melinda Newman / billboard.com, Juni 1, 2023)