John Rich

Like I'll get a call and they'll say, hey, we want you to come speak for an hour and yeah, bring your guitar.

And we want you to play Revelation and Earth to God.

Those are the two songs we want to hear you play.

Okay.

Not the big country hits.

And I'll walk into these massive places and be able to

say things to these crowds that they're not going to hear in church.

They're not going to read it on social media.

And then there's the music factor also that comes in, which is what I love to do.

And that did not exist before I started focusing more on being significant instead of successful.

I grew up with it.

My dad's a preacher, sang and played in church.

But no, I mean, gospel music's never been a part of my set because when Big and Rich hit the stage, it's coming to your city and say, well, where's Ride a Cowboy?

And it's all these crazy songs.

And that's what they come to hear and that's what we give them.

But on my own, outside of Big & Rich, I have my own trajectory, my own homework assignment from him.

And when he lays something on me to say in my music, I'm going to say it.

I'm going to write it at the top of my ability.

I'm going to sing it at the top of my ability, produce a video as well as I can possibly do.

And I'm just going to stick it out there.