‘Where Your Heart Grows’: Clay Walker’s Country Music Perspective

After 30 years in country music, the hit singer-songwriter remains one of the genre’s most authentic voices.
‘Where Your Heart Grows’: Clay Walker’s Country Music Perspective
Clay Walker performing at the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards All-Star Jam in Las Vegas, 2007. The Texas cowboy has impacted generations of country music listeners. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
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“What I’ve found is that country doesn’t refer to where you grew up as much as where your heart grows … where it takes root. Country is a state of mind.”

This popular quote comes from Clay Walker’s engaging book, “Jesus Was a Country Boy: Life Lessons on Faith, Fishing, and Forgiveness,” and it certainly rings true for the country music singer today. For three decades, he’s been at the heart of country music, cultivating a career that embodies the genre’s spirit. His highly relatable songs cover everyday life. One of his favorite subjects, love, has helped him amass multiple No 1  hits.
Rebecca Day
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