"I love the new country sound that pop listeners would like, too. I also love Gretchen Wilson and that old country sound … I can't see myself in one direction. I just want to listen and if I like the songs, those are the ones that are going to be on [the album]. kzla.com
"I'm grateful for 'Idol,' but so many of the first albums are taken as souvenirs," he adds. "I think that everything to do with my album -- the look of it, the feel, the songs-are about me. They didn't come in and go, 'Bo, change this, all of the kids are wearing mascara ...' F*** that. This is about the music. We got a rock'n'roll album, not a souvenir from a television show." billboard.com
But the Alabama native is back in his new hometown of Nashville after a sudden illness last month in Las Vegas forced him to
