Zach Bryan Sits Down With His Hero Bruce Springsteen For Rolling Stone

Zach Bryan may be one of the biggest draws in country music, but he doesn't want to be known as such. In a conversation with Bruce Springsteen for "Rolling Stone" magazine, Bryan insisted he doesn't want to be pigeonholed. "I don’t want to be a country musician. Everyone calls me it. I want to be a songwriter, and you’re quintessentially a songwriter." He adds, "No one calls Bruce Springsteen - hate to use your name in front of you - but no one calls Bruce Springsteen a freaking rock musician, which you are one, but you’re also an indie musician, you’re also a country musician," he added. "You’re all these things encapsulated in one man. And that’s what songwriting is." Bruce seems to think that Bryan covers multiple genres well, saying, "You bust all those different genre boundaries down."