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Luke Bryan arrived in Nashville two decades ago with nothing but dreams and determination.
Now eight albums, 30 number-one hits, more than 50 major music awards, and countless sold-out shows later, the country boy from Leesburg, Georgia, is doing alright.
“I’m sitting here, you know, it’s a lot of work, put them out, do tours, concerts, American Idol, but I could be at my dad’s peanut mill, driving a tractor, breathing in peanut dust 20 hours a day”, Bryan said. “So that’s why I’ve always been happy. I chose the route of country music.”
Bryan reflected on his parents’ role in his success.
“When I left college and went to work for my dad, he had a great little business down there in agriculture, and I was like, I should just probably take over the business and, you know, live my little life down there in Leesburg, Georgia”, he said. “But he knew that I was struggling with the what ifs and with what might have been.
