You probably wouldn't catch this country music icon living in California anytime soon. Tracy Lawrence is sharing his real thoughts about the state and the state of California.
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He says it is very "disheartening" to visit California. Speaking on the Like a Farmer podcast, the country artist says that he doesn't like traveling to the state despite having to for work.
"I had a couple of different acting coaches that I was working with over the last several years, but I mean, it's just weird going out to California these days, man. It's kind of ... it's disheartening. I just kind of pulled the plug on all that stuff," the country icon explained.
While Lawrence finds the state itself beautiful, there are things about California that he just doesn't like. For one, it's very expensive to go there between gas and taxes.
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"Man, we're looking at $10 a gallon just for gas. You know, take a fleet of buses out there and your trucks and stuff and go out there and try to promote shows," he said. "They tax you to death. The economy out there is awful. You know, the price of fuel and just getting in and out of the states, tremendous."
He also added that performing in the state is "basically as difficult and as unprofitable as going into Canada right now."
So it seems it has less to do with politics and more to do with the realities and struggles of how expensive the state is. This keeps with what Lawrence previously said about politics. He urged others to keep politics away from music. He said music "is supposed to be one of those things that brings us all together."
"Our journeys are all unique into themselves, but we all share a passion and a love of music," he said. "What I love about it, and I wish we could get back to more of this, with all the divisive stuff going on with politics and the world ... music is supposed to be the thing that unites us."
Still, Lawrence just isn't a fan of certain places due to other factors.
