00:00Thank you, Tom. Well, part of the reason I'm even here is because of a song you wrote, so
00:04House of Built Me, we all know that. Thank you so much. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to be
00:12in this community, to live in Nashville, to have this family, to have relationships for 22 years
00:18now, and for supporting me, good, bad, and ugly, and I have used it. Like Tom said, I'm trying to
00:24use it for good, and I'm trying to lift up the next generation because country music is my life.
00:31It's what I've dedicated my entire adulthood to, and I still feel like even though I've been doing
00:36this for 23 years, I have 23 good ones left in me, I hope. Some days it feels like two
00:43days,
00:43some days it feels like 200 years, but I love it. I give my all to this, and so thank
00:47you for
00:48recognizing that, and thank you for, you know, all the support all these years, and my team,
00:53Shopkeeper Management, and Joey Lee, and Dwayne Clark, and my label, MCA, and Big Loud, and I mean,
01:01Rusty, and Anna. I'm just so thankful for a team that believes in country music because it is literally
01:07my life and my heart, so I'm happy to be here at Billboard. Thank you very much for this. I
01:12will
01:12use it for good, I promise. Thank you.
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