Kenny Chesney
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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
Yeah, it's such a great feeling.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
But there was a moment where I had 17 of those, and nobody knew who I was.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
I would go play a state fair or a club or whatever, and they would go, oh, that's the guy that sings that song.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
Unless they got to sing that song and that song.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
It wasn't until 2002 when we released the No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems album.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
And that's when it all took off.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
How many years in was that?
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
You know, I was making records, Rick, to fit a formula.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
In a genre, that was the definition of success.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
And the reason people didn't know who I was was because there was a lot of people singing the same songs, mixing the records the same way, dressing the same way.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
And I was just trying to fit that formula.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
Yeah, you're trying to fit in.