CISN Country Edmonton

“In order to find yourself, you got to be with yourself; you got to hang out with yourself. You just got with the flow because life is just all about how you feel.”

“I’m not worried about making a certain type of music or sticking to one type of music.”

“I’m just trying to make music everybody can get happy to and vibe to and turn up to. So long as I keep making good music, everything’s going to be OK.”

“I never thought I would get one week at #1, but when I did, I felt like I had won the lottery.”

Starting in ’60s, Kristofferson wrote such country, rock ‘n’ roll standards as ‘Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,’ ‘For the Good Times’ and ‘Me and Bobby McGee.’

“The support from country radio for my music and fans has always been more than I ever could have imagined.”

“To the fans that have been on this crazy journey with me, this one is for you! Let’s keep riding y’all. I’m just getting started!”

Ross said he and his band play roughly 150 shows every year and are never home, but said he feels that taking home entertainer of the year made the hard work worth it.

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“I’ve been going to Stagecoach for years when nobody knows who you are. Who would have known two years later that same dude is playing to 60,000 people screaming.”