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The run he's been on means there were high expectations for "Crash My Party" even before he had finished recording it. "I think I'd be lying if I said we didn't have a little extra pressure just because the third album did so well,
'Tailgates & Tanlines,'" said Jeff Stevens, Bryan's longtime producer. "But you know what? I can't ever really remember thinking about that when we were making the record specifically. We were just trying to make another good record, you know, that the fans will enjoy. The fans will decide, but I think we did a good job. It seemed a little easier
- hate to say it, I'm knocking on wood right now -- in that we felt a little more comfortable in our shoes this time and it sort of made it a little easier." Like that album, life is generally coming a little easier, Bryan said. He's getting every opportunity a performer could ask for and he's reached all his goals long before he thought he would. So he's been re-examining how he'll approach the rest of his career. "It's like an inner peace deal," Bryan said. "I've almost kind of got to redo my goals, you know? Now I think my goal is just happiness and being good to people and getting joy out of taking somebody fishing and putting them on a big fish or something, and watching fans' faces at my concerts. I don't know, man, everything I've ever dreamed of has happened. I think now I'm just shifting my goals into pure enjoyment." ___ Online:
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