Jason Aldean revealed the advice late-country star Toby Keith taught him about unapologetically speaking his mind when it comes to what he believes, even when it’s not “the popular opinion.”
Speaking to Fox News ahead of his appearance on the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, the 47-year-old country singer had nothing but praise for Keith and said he was a “guy that a lot of us looked up to.”
“For me personally, he was a guy that I feel like … just always spoke his mind,” Aldean said. “He said what he thought, whether it was the popular opinion or not. And it wasn’t, you know, it didn’t always go well for him, and he didn’t care.”
“I mean, it was something that if he felt strongly about it and felt like it was something he believed in, he was going to speak his mind,” he added. “To me, from a personal level, that was something to me that…
