Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
67/100
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Nashville wanted Cody Johnson to ditch his cowboy hat before giving him a shot at country music stardom.
asserted
Johnson → want → stardom
The Texas-born country star said he walked away from a record deal after executives suggested he swap his signature cowboy look for a baseball cap — a move he viewed as a demand to change who he was before he could make it in the music business.
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he → bear → business
"They wanted a baseball cap, which I have nothing against, but it was the approach.
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it → want → nothing
It was the 'you're great, but once we change you, you'll make it.'
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you → change → it
And it pissed me off," he said in an interview with "CBS Mornings."
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he → piss → Mornings
"I tipped my hat and said, 'Thank you for your time.'
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I → tip → time
It was a gamble that could have cost him his shot at stardom.
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that → cost → stardom
Instead, Johnson spent the next 10 years building a career on his own terms, playing bars and honky-tonks before becoming one of country music's biggest stars.
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Johnson → spend → stars
During his interview, Johnson spoke candidly about his rise to fame and the years of work behind his success.
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Johnson → speak → success
Long before arena crowds and industry recognition, the singer was a small-town Texas kid who dreamed of becoming a rodeo star.
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who → dream → star
He eventually traded bull riding for music after years of injuries and setbacks and selling CDs in rodeo parking lots as he tried to build a following.
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he → trade → following
The country star also struggled to believe his ambitions were within reach.
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ambitions → struggle → reach
"Truthfully, in my core, I didn't feel I was capable of attaining a goal that big, you know, to be a huge country music star, to own a cattle ranch," Johnson said.
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Johnson → feel → ranch
After turning down the label opportunity, he spent years playing small venues, struggling financially and spending long stretches away from his family to keep his career alive.
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he → turn → career
"The pressure of knowing that you don't know how to pay your water bill, and you've just been on the road for a month and haven't seen your wife or your child, and you have nothing to show for it.
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you → know → it
That's that's tough to look in the mirror.
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that → look → mirror
He continued, "I think that I just had decided at that point that no matter what, no matter how hard, no matter how high the mountain, I will not back down.
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I → continue → point
I will not quit."
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I → quit → ?
After a decade of grinding it out as an independent artist, Johnson saw record labels return with another opportunity — this time, he said, without the same demand to change his image.
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he → grind → image
"I just get to be myself and be authentic," he said.
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he → get → ?
Johnson has built a national following, sold out arenas and earned a place among country music's leading performers, while keeping the cowboy image he refused to abandon.
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he → build → image
They have three children: two daughters and a son.
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They → have → children
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