Billy Currington – HuffPost 4.21.11

Mike Ragogna: You’ve had so much success with your first four albums that I have to ask what advice would you give to new artists?

Billy Currington: Well, for someone searching to be a country artist, I would say that it’s not 100% necessary to live in Nashville, Tennessee, but you should consider moving there because that’s where everything happens. All the songwriters and record labels for country music are there. So, my advice would definitely be to get yourself to a place where your particular music is and learn all you can learn and play all you can play. I could go on and on about practicing and such, but you just have to realize that you have to put in the time and work and the rest will come.

MR: Is that what you did?

BC: Well, man, I think you get what you give, and I’ve had a huge work ethic since I was a kid. I started roofing houses when I was 10 years old, so I always knew that you had to put in the work to get the good things out of what you’re doing. That’s what I did and continue to do. There’s no right way into it or rhyme or reason because it can only happen to a certain amount of people anyway, you know? I always go by the saying, “There’s never a crowd on the extra mile.”