May 5, 2021 • 25 mins
As Justin Moore releases his new album, we discover that he created this hot new music from the couch of his pool house! And since we're at the house, you'll find out why you never want to start an argument with Justin, whether or not he's stage ready and "stage sexy", and the "dad dramas" he's handling with his kids.
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with Charlie, Chase Crook and Chase Nashville Chats today with
(01:08):
Justin Moore. What a hood I mean? Just his Arkansas
accent it's a delight to listen to. You know. I
gotta tell you something else about Justin. Uh has had
from him being so much fun every time he comes
by here and every time we talk with him. Have
you ever seen him without his cowboy hat? I have,
It's hard to recognize him because he's got a whole
new look when he takes that hat off. Exactly. If
(01:33):
he's got the hat on, he's justin, you know, but
he takes that off? Is that Justin? It's one of
those kind of things. But no, you're right, he is hilarious.
He is a wonderful personality. He's always had um an
open mind about his music, his life. Uh, he's got
a wonderful family, you know what. I really admire And
I asked, I've asked him this before, how big of
(01:54):
a challenge it is? And he doesn't really care about
a challenge involving this. He loves to stay at home
in ark and Saw. You know, he has not moved
to Nashville, as so many stars have. It's not to
say be any better if he did. I'm just saying
that he decided to stay over there and raise his
family in a wonderful way. Right, Well, and he's doing
his music there now. Album number six is out straight
(02:15):
out of the country, and with the pandemic, Justin produced
the whole thing at home in Poe in Arkansas. You
won't believe where he did the vocals. It's kind of weird,
but it worked. Now we all know that Justin writes
his songs from real life. Okay, so today we're getting
answers to some of the following questions. Are you ready?
What kind of husband is he? So? Hint, don't even
(02:38):
try to win an argument with this. That's the kind
of guy. Okay, What kind of dad is he? Hint?
Don't even talk to him about his daughter wanting a boyfriend. Hey, listen,
your parents out there, you're going to get kicked out
of there. And you know the people who are in
the dating situation. What do you hear some of the
answers he asked for well, and Charlie, you asked him
one of the most important questions, which was is he
(03:00):
stage sexy after the pandemic? It's Justin Moore stage sexy,
Kent chicken fried steak. Alright, So the compelling answers to
these and more, this is really a fun conversation. We
always have a blast with Justin Moore and uh, let's
let's begin with ms Cook in a very compelling question here. Okay,
(03:21):
you tell us that you're there at your pool house,
which is I guess where your studio is, right, It's
like a poolhouse studio, Is that correct? Yeah? I mean,
and I don't really even have a studio. I just
have an office in our pool house. And you know,
it's kind of it's become where I've done my podcast
and and different recording throughout this year that I've been
forced to do right well. And there's a reason I
(03:44):
was asking because for this new album straight out of
the Country, I think, which Harlie, last time we talked
to you realized that you were creating this music out
there in the poolhouse. He dubbed this album the Chlorinine album.
Get it. Yeah, So this truly is so, this truly
is the finished Quarantine album. Correct it is? Yeah? We
(04:05):
um so downstairs in our poor house. My office is upstairs.
But I just literally sat on a couch downstairs and sang, uh,
you know a lot of the vocals for this album,
just sitting on the couch holding the mic that I
do my podcast with. So Yeah, Um, it's um. You know,
I think obviously, with what we've all dealt with over
(04:26):
the last year, it's forced us all to, um, I
guess maybe get as efficient as we possibly can continue
to do our job, whatever it is, UM, in a
much different way. And hey, I'm not too opposed to
doing this in the future. It'll save me a lot
of gas money getting back and forth to Nashville. To
(04:47):
be honest with you, Uh, when it comes to touring,
you know, you might want to get a couch and
just set it on stage, because I think your vocals
are stronger than ever. And if that's what you did
with this project, fine, just load up the furniture and
hithera a minite. Well man, I appreciate that. It really
does mean a lot coming from you. Um, And it's um,
you know, I just I'm really proud of the material
(05:09):
and uh, it's really kind of an extension of the
Late Nights and Long Next album. And when we went
and started making that album, you know, we we wrote
and and and found probably somewhere around forty songs that
we were just absolutely in love with and and uh,
(05:30):
you know, and trying to figure out how we were
gonna put all this music out. You know, it's like, well,
do you do a big, one, big, huge album? Do
you roll them out separately? And and we kind of
decided to go with the ladder And so we've already
got the next album done as well, and this one
ain't him out yet, so um, I'm excited about that.
(05:50):
And it really was a huge blessing that that we
had all this material ready to go, because, you know,
especially early on during this thing, it would have been,
um next day impossible to record a new music for folks.
So to have it pretty much in the can um
and not have to deal with it throughout you know,
(06:11):
the world being the way that it's been for a year,
was a huge blessing. So well, let me tell you something.
The music that you do really makes me cherish the
simple things in life. For instance, the song we didn't
have much? Isn't it true? We used to just depend
on each other, are tight family unit people in the neighborhood.
(06:32):
Now kids really more depend on the likes and comments
on social media. How are you trying to raise your
kids just to keep that tight family unit going? Well, yeah,
it's tough. I mean, I'm not gonna say it's easy,
but um, you know, we we just try to keep
them involved and things outside of phones and tablets and
(06:54):
and all those things, you know, and that's very difficult,
you know, but we try to limit that time and
we try to kick rearri ends outside and make them
go play in the mud. And you know, they all
play sports, which I think helps. And you know, I'm
obsessed with sports because I played growing up. And but
it really does teach you a lot of lessons, you know.
It teaches you how to be a part of a team,
(07:15):
teaches you to lead, how to be led, dealing with
success and dealing with failure. Um, And so we just
try to do a lot of those types of things.
It's not all about sports, but um, you know those
types of things. And then you know, to each of
their own as a parent, but our eleven year old, um,
you know, it's it's almost every week now, Dad, Can
(07:38):
we please? Can I please get a phone? I really
want a phone? Can And my wife came up with
a great line, I thought. She said, when you can
provide us a reason why you need a phone, you
can have a phone. Until then, no phone. So, um,
well I haven't answered. I may have to talk with
her and tell her just respond what so I can
(07:58):
listen to dad's streaming music. That's why she's got an iPod. Okay, okay,
so no phone, Okay, listen. I was trying to help,
you know, you know it's we always get the dad. Uh.
Every one of my friends has a phone, and I'm like,
I ain't ever one of your friend's dad, which was
(08:19):
a classic line that my dad gave me that I
absolutely despised. Certainly, Yeah, obviously you're doing a great job,
you know, you know, helping the kids grow up and
and be you know, find outstanding young citizens and that
sort of thing. But what silly or stupid thing have
they done lately that they may have picked up from you?
(08:40):
Oh goodness? Um, you know my my eleven year old,
our oldest daughter. I feel like I just keep talking
about her, but her and what really all of them,
to be honest with you, are pretty bad about talking back, um,
which I was. That was so me when I was
growing up. It still is to be honest with you,
even with my wife, have to get the last word in.
(09:02):
I just have to. I know that. I know it's
it's it's a terrible attribute. Um, but I just I
can't help it. There's something in my brain that it
is just it's my O C. D. I think I
just have to do it and my I think my
daughters have have gotten that from me unfortunately. Okay, but
(09:23):
wait a minute, this is hilarious. Justin, I have to
know something. So if you and your wife are disagreeing
about something and she says, okay, Justin, Okay, we just
we won't talk about it anymore. Okay, what's the last
word you say to her on that? If she says
we're not talking about it, you say, what, Well, here,
here's an here's a continuation of me having to get
(09:45):
the last word and what it really all boils down to.
And my kids have gotten this from me too, and
I feel sorry for him for it is. I'm I'm
probably the most competitive person you've ever met in your life. Like,
I don't care what we're playing, I've got to win.
And that goes into if Kate and I are are
in a bit of a knockdown drag out, I'm just
(10:08):
gotta win and it's all about winning. It has nothing
to do with what we're discussing. And she's great because
she's just like you. Can whatever. I know, I know
I'm making much more sense, but you you can, you
can have it. And so I don't know if there's
one specific line that I give her, but it all
boils down to me being competitive to a fault by nature. Well,
(10:31):
let let me just point this out. I think that's
something you certainly need to work on. Otherwise this consecutive
days alive thing is gonna go away. Yeah, exactly, exactly, Yeah,
but you know, ironically, it's probably what's led me to
continue to have those days. And I don't know, well,
speaking of those consecutive days alive, how many times did
(10:55):
you justin Moore Dodge getting hurt or getting in big
tru bowl. You know, I was a pretty I was
a pretty good kid. I didn't become a real uh
peel until I became an adult. So my parents, I think,
would agree with me. They had they had it pretty easy.
Now they're just like to roll their eyes at me
(11:16):
and tell Kate it's her problem to deal with. Well,
wait a minute, if you were a good boy, what
made you go bad this business? Come on Hockey Talk University. Um?
But no, um, you know I did some stupid stuff
(11:40):
like everybody else. You know, flip four wheelers and and
and it snuck out and did stuff I shouldn't have done.
But it wasn't at the level of of of a
lot of my friends, that's for that's for certain. So um,
but you know, I mean there was some early days
and playing bars and that kind of stuff popping off
(12:00):
the dudes that probably would have killed me had they
got their hands on me. Just stuff like that, you know,
getting that last word in again, right, getting that last
word in exactly. Well. I know the world has changed
so many things over the past year, but it's just
out of curiosity and this there's a trend to this.
What sort of mask have you been sporting? Something special?
(12:22):
I do the neck gator thing. I feel like I
breathe better in those. And I'm I'm I'm basic gray
or black or whatever. My wife does all the flyers
and you know, all that stuff I see. But in
other words, you don't have a picture of yourself or
your album or anything like that on your mask. No,
gracious no, now, but my album cover is a snake skin.
(12:45):
I'm just thinking that could be a pretty cool. Oh,
that's a great idea. That's a really good idea. That's
the one where you're standing out in the field and
staring at your boots or something. It's the close up
on the snake skin. Yeah. No, we we decided to
go away from a photo of me on on this
(13:06):
album cover just to see if maybe that could that
could sell us a few more copies. And I think
for the last album cover, you almost got killed right
on that horse, so maybe it's safer anyway, right, Yeah, No,
kidd and I decided I ain't getting on nothing anymore
if it ain't got breaks, that's a that's a great thing. Well,
(13:29):
let me tell you what I love about you is
that you are, you know, basically a half crazy country boy.
We love that about you. But then you turn around
and you do a song like more than Me. Such
a beautiful sentiment for your kids, apparently, right, Um it
talked to me about the softer side of Mr Justin Moore. Well,
(13:51):
thanks for bringing that song up. It's funny what people
tend to gravitate towards, you know. That was just that
that song idea came from a conversation I had a uh,
I don't know, two years ago or something with my
daughter and she was complaining about boys or something. And
I'm going we ain't even we ain't even go in there. Um,
and he goes back to, well, so and so has
(14:13):
got a boyfriend. Why ain't so and So's dad? Um,
you can you can throw that in the same conversation
with the phone. Um, But um no, I just kind
of mentioned to her, Hey, you know, down the road,
you're gonna meet somebody and and I they better love
you a whole whole lot. But ain't no matter how
much they love you, they ain't gonna love you more
(14:34):
than I do. I promise you. And so, Um, it
was just kind of a love letter to to to
them and and um, you know it was one of
the later additions to the album, and I just it
was so personal to me. I mean, I knew people
would be able to relate to it. But um, the
excitement level or or whatever you wanna call it from
(14:55):
from folks that I've have heard the the album uh,
that they have for that song is pretty neat really
because of you know, I know why I wrote it
and how I wrote it and all that stuff. More
than once we've heard the mention of the word cell phone. Uh,
what is the correct answer for them to go to
cell phone from you. There isn't one that I'm aware of. Okay, Um,
(15:19):
you know, you know I told my oldest I said, look,
you're gonna have one the rest of your life. And
I promise you, when you're even way before my age,
you're gonna want to throw it in the pond and
you're gonna be so sick of it and wished to
goodness you didn't have it. And uh so, you know,
(15:40):
take be a kid while you can be a kid.
That's a good answer right there. Well, and that's so true.
Brings me to a lyric in the song Hearing Things.
I love what you say in this song about how
we all go out there to get our own pretty
piece of the pie. But after that and all of
that work and all of that stress, now you just
(16:00):
want peace of mind. So where are you in that spectrum?
Do you feel like you're still out there grabbing a
piece of the pie or are you Are you in
the peace of mind situation? I'm definitely the latter, you know.
And And honestly, um, one of the few positives that
came from you know what we dealt with this past
year is is is probably bringing that perspective to the forefront,
(16:25):
even more than it was already with with me personally,
you know. And and uh, I mean it sounds so cliche,
but it it's it's it's true. You know that it
really kind of provided perspective, um that you know, what
really matters in life. And I don't think any of
us ever thought that that anything could do this to
(16:48):
our our business and what we did, you know, entertainment,
whether you talking sports or you're talking concerts or plays
or or whatever. Um, it's always been recession proof and
it's always been an outlet for people, you know, during
the Great Depression or World War two, and that people
(17:09):
went and saw baseball games and they went to plays,
and and I think it it was a shock to
our system. And I and maybe I'm I'm alone on this,
I don't believe so, but it was really a shock
to the system to see that that, you know, this
whole thing could go away literally in like a day,
you know. And um, and so you know, I think
(17:33):
we'll go out there as a band. I know, me personally,
I'll go out there and you know, we all get
to the point where we're we're burned out. We've been
doing it for a long time, or or even doing
it a long time for you know, in a row
to three weeks in a row on the road and
you you go, man, I just ain't got it in
me to go play another show right now. And um,
(17:54):
I can promise you I will do a much better
job of never taking uh any show for granted. Moving forward,
good for you. You know, the time off has really
been something people have had to battle, uh, you know,
with health and physical appearance and everything else. Are you
stage at sexy at this point? No, not at all.
(18:14):
I've had way too many chicken fried steaks throughout this
whole thing. You know, we just went berserk at the
beginning of this thing, thinking it was gonna be a
couple of weeks. And hell, here we are thirteen months later,
and I'm going good night. Uh, it's time to its
time to get myself back in shape. Does my butt
make the shirt look big? Exactly? Exactly? Hey, I gotta
(18:40):
I want to go back to the song Gloria and
mentioned they're called hearing Things. It's the first cut on
this new album called Straight out of the Country, and
and it you're losing your mind, You're going crazy and
stuff like that. You're in a traffic jam actually, and
I started wondering about you in a traffic jam. What
kind of person are you? Are you going to be
honking at somebody as soon as that light turns green.
Have you been honked when the light turned green? I
(19:03):
take that as yes. No, I'm pretty patient man. As
a driver, I you know, I used to drive too
fast when all that good stuff. When I was in
high school, I had a real souped up truck and
raced in quarter miles and did a bunch of stupid
stuff and and all that and wrecked trucks and and
I don't know. I guess it's I don't know if
(19:24):
it's the more laidback lifestyle since we've moved home, or
or if it's you know, me getting older, or probably
a combination of the two. But I drive the speed limit.
I set my crews on the speed limit. Um, and
I'm pretty patient. I I don't really A lot of
it buils down to also, I just don't want to
have to deal with paying a speeding ticket. Uh, you know.
(19:46):
But but my wife is a little more of the
the you know, the prior mention of losing her patients
a little bit in traffic okay, but you've never been
honked when the light turned green and you were on
yourself or something. No, and the other thing, this is
a really boring and probably surprising answer. I will not
(20:06):
text when I'm in my truck. I just won't do it.
I'm the type personality that I have to uh do
something completely or not do it at all. You know,
and and you know, back when we I don't know
why we ever thought it was safe to do that,
but um, back back when you know, these campaigns and
(20:27):
things started started on about no texting and driving, I
just quit. I just completely quit. And you know we
got all this voice texting and stuff and in our vehicles. Now, hell,
it can't understand me. I mean, I just I don't
even try to do that half the time. Oh my god,
you've got to text me something that comes out like,
(20:50):
I can't wait to see what you would how you
turn up to just to prove a point. You're gonna
be going, what what did you say to me? I
mean Google sends me question marks. You know, it's the
same with all of us here in the South. A
word that is supposed to be one syllable, we make
it into about three or four. Right, Yeah, exactly, it
(21:11):
is exactly. You're exactly right. So last question here in
relation to this wonderful song that you have, big hit song.
We didn't have much growing up, What was your prize
possession like? For me? It was I mean, we didn't
have much. It was a twenty five dollar pair of
roller skates that I had to wait a couple of
(21:31):
years to get. So what was your prize possession back then?
When my uh, you know, I hunted with my grandfather. Um,
he taught me everything about hunting and respecting guns and
those types of things. Well he Um, as you guys
know my relationship with him, we've talked talked about that
a ton and um he actually he built my mom
(21:54):
and dad's house that I grew up in, and and
my mom and dad the only payment they gave him
was they bought him a gun that he had been wanting.
And Um, so he built a house and that was
his payment. But um, he always said he was gonna
give it to me. And I think when I was
maybe twelve or thirteen big enough to to really handle it. Um,
(22:18):
he gave that to me. So and I still have
it and I'll give it to I guess I'll give
it to my son one day. That's terrific. That is well,
my friend you are. You've done a great job with
this album and uh, I can't wait to hear it
and the next two albums, which you already have planned
coming out. So sure my label is thrilled with me
(22:39):
talking about an album. Uh, two albums from now when
we ain't even put this one out. Justin thanks for
this which talking to you. Great music and just great conversation.
What same to you guys, much appreciate you and hopefully
we get to do this in person. You got it
next Time's been uh ten twelve years we're knowing this guy,
(23:00):
my gosh, and he just keeps coming up with new
gems and everything. I love that thing about voice recognition
having fun time. What did you say that Google comes
up with a bunch of question marks? Well, yeah, the Google.
You know, he tries to google something you know, verbally
and he'll get a question mark back or Google rights back.
Will damn understand? Well, anyway, he's his his music is great. Uh.
(23:23):
He said he had enough for two more albums from
the pool House, so he's just gonna stay put over
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a dot Org. Welcome in Everybody, Laurie and Crook Here
with Charlie, Chase Crook and Chase Nashville Chats today with
(01:08):
Justin Moore. What a hood I mean? Just his Arkansas
accent it's a delight to listen to. You know. I
gotta tell you something else about Justin. Uh has had
from him being so much fun every time he comes
by here and every time we talk with him. Have
you ever seen him without his cowboy hat? I have,
It's hard to recognize him because he's got a whole
new look when he takes that hat off. Exactly. If
(01:33):
he's got the hat on, he's justin, you know, but
he takes that off? Is that Justin? It's one of
those kind of things. But no, you're right, he is hilarious.
He is a wonderful personality. He's always had um an
open mind about his music, his life. Uh, he's got
a wonderful family, you know what. I really admire And
I asked, I've asked him this before, how big of
(01:54):
a challenge it is? And he doesn't really care about
a challenge involving this. He loves to stay at home
in ark and Saw. You know, he has not moved
to Nashville, as so many stars have. It's not to
say be any better if he did. I'm just saying
that he decided to stay over there and raise his
family in a wonderful way. Right, Well, and he's doing
his music there now. Album number six is out straight
(02:15):
out of the country, and with the pandemic, Justin produced
the whole thing at home in Poe in Arkansas. You
won't believe where he did the vocals. It's kind of weird,
but it worked. Now we all know that Justin writes
his songs from real life. Okay, so today we're getting
answers to some of the following questions. Are you ready?
What kind of husband is he? So? Hint, don't even
(02:38):
try to win an argument with this. That's the kind
of guy. Okay, What kind of dad is he? Hint?
Don't even talk to him about his daughter wanting a boyfriend. Hey, listen,
your parents out there, you're going to get kicked out
of there. And you know the people who are in
the dating situation. What do you hear some of the
answers he asked for well, and Charlie, you asked him
one of the most important questions, which was is he
(03:00):
stage sexy after the pandemic? It's Justin Moore stage sexy,
Kent chicken fried steak. Alright, So the compelling answers to
these and more, this is really a fun conversation. We
always have a blast with Justin Moore and uh, let's
let's begin with ms Cook in a very compelling question here. Okay,
(03:21):
you tell us that you're there at your pool house,
which is I guess where your studio is, right, It's
like a poolhouse studio, Is that correct? Yeah? I mean,
and I don't really even have a studio. I just
have an office in our pool house. And you know,
it's kind of it's become where I've done my podcast
and and different recording throughout this year that I've been
forced to do right well. And there's a reason I
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was asking because for this new album straight out of
the Country, I think, which Harlie, last time we talked
to you realized that you were creating this music out
there in the poolhouse. He dubbed this album the Chlorinine album.
Get it. Yeah, So this truly is so, this truly
is the finished Quarantine album. Correct it is? Yeah? We
(04:05):
um so downstairs in our poor house. My office is upstairs.
But I just literally sat on a couch downstairs and sang, uh,
you know a lot of the vocals for this album,
just sitting on the couch holding the mic that I
do my podcast with. So Yeah, Um, it's um. You know,
I think obviously, with what we've all dealt with over
(04:26):
the last year, it's forced us all to, um, I
guess maybe get as efficient as we possibly can continue
to do our job, whatever it is, UM, in a
much different way. And hey, I'm not too opposed to
doing this in the future. It'll save me a lot
of gas money getting back and forth to Nashville. To
(04:47):
be honest with you, Uh, when it comes to touring,
you know, you might want to get a couch and
just set it on stage, because I think your vocals
are stronger than ever. And if that's what you did
with this project, fine, just load up the furniture and
hithera a minite. Well man, I appreciate that. It really
does mean a lot coming from you. Um, And it's um,
you know, I just I'm really proud of the material
(05:09):
and uh, it's really kind of an extension of the
Late Nights and Long Next album. And when we went
and started making that album, you know, we we wrote
and and and found probably somewhere around forty songs that
we were just absolutely in love with and and uh,
(05:30):
you know, and trying to figure out how we were
gonna put all this music out. You know, it's like, well,
do you do a big, one, big, huge album? Do
you roll them out separately? And and we kind of
decided to go with the ladder And so we've already
got the next album done as well, and this one
ain't him out yet, so um, I'm excited about that.
(05:50):
And it really was a huge blessing that that we
had all this material ready to go, because, you know,
especially early on during this thing, it would have been,
um next day impossible to record a new music for folks.
So to have it pretty much in the can um
and not have to deal with it throughout you know,
(06:11):
the world being the way that it's been for a year,
was a huge blessing. So well, let me tell you something.
The music that you do really makes me cherish the
simple things in life. For instance, the song we didn't
have much? Isn't it true? We used to just depend
on each other, are tight family unit people in the neighborhood.
(06:32):
Now kids really more depend on the likes and comments
on social media. How are you trying to raise your
kids just to keep that tight family unit going? Well, yeah,
it's tough. I mean, I'm not gonna say it's easy,
but um, you know, we we just try to keep
them involved and things outside of phones and tablets and
(06:54):
and all those things, you know, and that's very difficult,
you know, but we try to limit that time and
we try to kick rearri ends outside and make them
go play in the mud. And you know, they all
play sports, which I think helps. And you know, I'm
obsessed with sports because I played growing up. And but
it really does teach you a lot of lessons, you know.
It teaches you how to be a part of a team,
(07:15):
teaches you to lead, how to be led, dealing with
success and dealing with failure. Um, And so we just
try to do a lot of those types of things.
It's not all about sports, but um, you know those
types of things. And then you know, to each of
their own as a parent, but our eleven year old, um,
you know, it's it's almost every week now, Dad, Can
(07:38):
we please? Can I please get a phone? I really
want a phone? Can And my wife came up with
a great line, I thought. She said, when you can
provide us a reason why you need a phone, you
can have a phone. Until then, no phone. So, um,
well I haven't answered. I may have to talk with
her and tell her just respond what so I can
(07:58):
listen to dad's streaming music. That's why she's got an iPod. Okay, okay,
so no phone, Okay, listen. I was trying to help,
you know, you know it's we always get the dad. Uh.
Every one of my friends has a phone, and I'm like,
I ain't ever one of your friend's dad, which was
(08:19):
a classic line that my dad gave me that I
absolutely despised. Certainly, Yeah, obviously you're doing a great job,
you know, you know, helping the kids grow up and
and be you know, find outstanding young citizens and that
sort of thing. But what silly or stupid thing have
they done lately that they may have picked up from you?
(08:40):
Oh goodness? Um, you know my my eleven year old,
our oldest daughter. I feel like I just keep talking
about her, but her and what really all of them,
to be honest with you, are pretty bad about talking back, um,
which I was. That was so me when I was
growing up. It still is to be honest with you,
even with my wife, have to get the last word in.
(09:02):
I just have to. I know that. I know it's
it's it's a terrible attribute. Um, but I just I
can't help it. There's something in my brain that it
is just it's my O C. D. I think I
just have to do it and my I think my
daughters have have gotten that from me unfortunately. Okay, but
(09:23):
wait a minute, this is hilarious. Justin, I have to
know something. So if you and your wife are disagreeing
about something and she says, okay, Justin, Okay, we just
we won't talk about it anymore. Okay, what's the last
word you say to her on that? If she says
we're not talking about it, you say, what, Well, here,
here's an here's a continuation of me having to get
(09:45):
the last word and what it really all boils down to.
And my kids have gotten this from me too, and
I feel sorry for him for it is. I'm I'm
probably the most competitive person you've ever met in your life. Like,
I don't care what we're playing, I've got to win.
And that goes into if Kate and I are are
in a bit of a knockdown drag out, I'm just
(10:08):
gotta win and it's all about winning. It has nothing
to do with what we're discussing. And she's great because
she's just like you. Can whatever. I know, I know
I'm making much more sense, but you you can, you
can have it. And so I don't know if there's
one specific line that I give her, but it all
boils down to me being competitive to a fault by nature. Well,
(10:31):
let let me just point this out. I think that's
something you certainly need to work on. Otherwise this consecutive
days alive thing is gonna go away. Yeah, exactly, exactly, Yeah,
but you know, ironically, it's probably what's led me to
continue to have those days. And I don't know, well,
speaking of those consecutive days alive, how many times did
(10:55):
you justin Moore Dodge getting hurt or getting in big
tru bowl. You know, I was a pretty I was
a pretty good kid. I didn't become a real uh
peel until I became an adult. So my parents, I think,
would agree with me. They had they had it pretty easy.
Now they're just like to roll their eyes at me
(11:16):
and tell Kate it's her problem to deal with. Well,
wait a minute, if you were a good boy, what
made you go bad this business? Come on Hockey Talk University. Um?
But no, um, you know I did some stupid stuff
(11:40):
like everybody else. You know, flip four wheelers and and
and it snuck out and did stuff I shouldn't have done.
But it wasn't at the level of of of a
lot of my friends, that's for that's for certain. So um,
but you know, I mean there was some early days
and playing bars and that kind of stuff popping off
(12:00):
the dudes that probably would have killed me had they
got their hands on me. Just stuff like that, you know,
getting that last word in again, right, getting that last
word in exactly. Well. I know the world has changed
so many things over the past year, but it's just
out of curiosity and this there's a trend to this.
What sort of mask have you been sporting? Something special?
(12:22):
I do the neck gator thing. I feel like I
breathe better in those. And I'm I'm I'm basic gray
or black or whatever. My wife does all the flyers
and you know, all that stuff I see. But in
other words, you don't have a picture of yourself or
your album or anything like that on your mask. No,
gracious no, now, but my album cover is a snake skin.
(12:45):
I'm just thinking that could be a pretty cool. Oh,
that's a great idea. That's a really good idea. That's
the one where you're standing out in the field and
staring at your boots or something. It's the close up
on the snake skin. Yeah. No, we we decided to
go away from a photo of me on on this
(13:06):
album cover just to see if maybe that could that
could sell us a few more copies. And I think
for the last album cover, you almost got killed right
on that horse, so maybe it's safer anyway, right, Yeah, No,
kidd and I decided I ain't getting on nothing anymore
if it ain't got breaks, that's a that's a great thing. Well,
(13:29):
let me tell you what I love about you is
that you are, you know, basically a half crazy country boy.
We love that about you. But then you turn around
and you do a song like more than Me. Such
a beautiful sentiment for your kids, apparently, right, Um it
talked to me about the softer side of Mr Justin Moore. Well,
(13:51):
thanks for bringing that song up. It's funny what people
tend to gravitate towards, you know. That was just that
that song idea came from a conversation I had a uh,
I don't know, two years ago or something with my
daughter and she was complaining about boys or something. And
I'm going we ain't even we ain't even go in there. Um,
and he goes back to, well, so and so has
(14:13):
got a boyfriend. Why ain't so and So's dad? Um,
you can you can throw that in the same conversation
with the phone. Um, But um no, I just kind
of mentioned to her, Hey, you know, down the road,
you're gonna meet somebody and and I they better love
you a whole whole lot. But ain't no matter how
much they love you, they ain't gonna love you more
(14:34):
than I do. I promise you. And so, Um, it
was just kind of a love letter to to to
them and and um, you know it was one of
the later additions to the album, and I just it
was so personal to me. I mean, I knew people
would be able to relate to it. But um, the
excitement level or or whatever you wanna call it from
(14:55):
from folks that I've have heard the the album uh,
that they have for that song is pretty neat really
because of you know, I know why I wrote it
and how I wrote it and all that stuff. More
than once we've heard the mention of the word cell phone. Uh,
what is the correct answer for them to go to
cell phone from you. There isn't one that I'm aware of. Okay, Um,
(15:19):
you know, you know I told my oldest I said, look,
you're gonna have one the rest of your life. And
I promise you, when you're even way before my age,
you're gonna want to throw it in the pond and
you're gonna be so sick of it and wished to
goodness you didn't have it. And uh so, you know,
(15:40):
take be a kid while you can be a kid.
That's a good answer right there. Well, and that's so true.
Brings me to a lyric in the song Hearing Things.
I love what you say in this song about how
we all go out there to get our own pretty
piece of the pie. But after that and all of
that work and all of that stress, now you just
(16:00):
want peace of mind. So where are you in that spectrum?
Do you feel like you're still out there grabbing a
piece of the pie or are you Are you in
the peace of mind situation? I'm definitely the latter, you know.
And And honestly, um, one of the few positives that
came from you know what we dealt with this past
year is is is probably bringing that perspective to the forefront,
(16:25):
even more than it was already with with me personally,
you know. And and uh, I mean it sounds so cliche,
but it it's it's it's true. You know that it
really kind of provided perspective, um that you know, what
really matters in life. And I don't think any of
us ever thought that that anything could do this to
(16:48):
our our business and what we did, you know, entertainment,
whether you talking sports or you're talking concerts or plays
or or whatever. Um, it's always been recession proof and
it's always been an outlet for people, you know, during
the Great Depression or World War two, and that people
(17:09):
went and saw baseball games and they went to plays,
and and I think it it was a shock to
our system. And I and maybe I'm I'm alone on this,
I don't believe so, but it was really a shock
to the system to see that that, you know, this
whole thing could go away literally in like a day,
you know. And um, and so you know, I think
(17:33):
we'll go out there as a band. I know, me personally,
I'll go out there and you know, we all get
to the point where we're we're burned out. We've been
doing it for a long time, or or even doing
it a long time for you know, in a row
to three weeks in a row on the road and
you you go, man, I just ain't got it in
me to go play another show right now. And um,
(17:54):
I can promise you I will do a much better
job of never taking uh any show for granted. Moving forward,
good for you. You know, the time off has really
been something people have had to battle, uh, you know,
with health and physical appearance and everything else. Are you
stage at sexy at this point? No, not at all.
(18:14):
I've had way too many chicken fried steaks throughout this
whole thing. You know, we just went berserk at the
beginning of this thing, thinking it was gonna be a
couple of weeks. And hell, here we are thirteen months later,
and I'm going good night. Uh, it's time to its
time to get myself back in shape. Does my butt
make the shirt look big? Exactly? Exactly? Hey, I gotta
(18:40):
I want to go back to the song Gloria and
mentioned they're called hearing Things. It's the first cut on
this new album called Straight out of the Country, and
and it you're losing your mind, You're going crazy and
stuff like that. You're in a traffic jam actually, and
I started wondering about you in a traffic jam. What
kind of person are you? Are you going to be
honking at somebody as soon as that light turns green.
Have you been honked when the light turned green? I
(19:03):
take that as yes. No, I'm pretty patient man. As
a driver, I you know, I used to drive too
fast when all that good stuff. When I was in
high school, I had a real souped up truck and
raced in quarter miles and did a bunch of stupid
stuff and and all that and wrecked trucks and and
I don't know. I guess it's I don't know if
(19:24):
it's the more laidback lifestyle since we've moved home, or
or if it's you know, me getting older, or probably
a combination of the two. But I drive the speed limit.
I set my crews on the speed limit. Um, and
I'm pretty patient. I I don't really A lot of
it buils down to also, I just don't want to
have to deal with paying a speeding ticket. Uh, you know.
(19:46):
But but my wife is a little more of the
the you know, the prior mention of losing her patients
a little bit in traffic okay, but you've never been
honked when the light turned green and you were on
yourself or something. No, and the other thing, this is
a really boring and probably surprising answer. I will not
(20:06):
text when I'm in my truck. I just won't do it.
I'm the type personality that I have to uh do
something completely or not do it at all. You know,
and and you know, back when we I don't know
why we ever thought it was safe to do that,
but um, back back when you know, these campaigns and
(20:27):
things started started on about no texting and driving, I
just quit. I just completely quit. And you know we
got all this voice texting and stuff and in our vehicles. Now, hell,
it can't understand me. I mean, I just I don't
even try to do that half the time. Oh my god,
you've got to text me something that comes out like,
(20:50):
I can't wait to see what you would how you
turn up to just to prove a point. You're gonna
be going, what what did you say to me? I
mean Google sends me question marks. You know, it's the
same with all of us here in the South. A
word that is supposed to be one syllable, we make
it into about three or four. Right, Yeah, exactly, it
(21:11):
is exactly. You're exactly right. So last question here in
relation to this wonderful song that you have, big hit song.
We didn't have much growing up, What was your prize
possession like? For me? It was I mean, we didn't
have much. It was a twenty five dollar pair of
roller skates that I had to wait a couple of
(21:31):
years to get. So what was your prize possession back then?
When my uh, you know, I hunted with my grandfather. Um,
he taught me everything about hunting and respecting guns and
those types of things. Well he Um, as you guys
know my relationship with him, we've talked talked about that
a ton and um he actually he built my mom
(21:54):
and dad's house that I grew up in, and and
my mom and dad the only payment they gave him
was they bought him a gun that he had been wanting.
And Um, so he built a house and that was
his payment. But um, he always said he was gonna
give it to me. And I think when I was
maybe twelve or thirteen big enough to to really handle it. Um,
(22:18):
he gave that to me. So and I still have
it and I'll give it to I guess I'll give
it to my son one day. That's terrific. That is well,
my friend you are. You've done a great job with
this album and uh, I can't wait to hear it
and the next two albums, which you already have planned
coming out. So sure my label is thrilled with me
(22:39):
talking about an album. Uh, two albums from now when
we ain't even put this one out. Justin thanks for
this which talking to you. Great music and just great conversation.
What same to you guys, much appreciate you and hopefully
we get to do this in person. You got it
next Time's been uh ten twelve years we're knowing this guy,
(23:00):
my gosh, and he just keeps coming up with new
gems and everything. I love that thing about voice recognition
having fun time. What did you say that Google comes
up with a bunch of question marks? Well, yeah, the Google.
You know, he tries to google something you know, verbally
and he'll get a question mark back or Google rights back.
Will damn understand? Well, anyway, he's his his music is great. Uh.
(23:23):
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