When Tim McGraw was a kid, both he and his mom thought he was going to be a lawyer when he grew up. His mom pushed him to work hard in high school, and Tim says, “I’d wanted to be a lawyer since I was probably 12 years old, and I was gonna go to school to be a lawyer. I started out in pre-law and was doing all that, and then I started playing music. And I remember having to make the phone call to mom and tell her that I was gonna drop outta school and move to Nashville and play music.”

Tim actually put off telling his mom about his decision to drop out of college for a while, but he says, “When I did, she said, “I’m surprised you haven’t done it already. And if you don’t try you’ll never know.’”

Hearing those words from his mom meant more to Tim than anything, because he says, “When you’re a musician and you think that you’re gonna go try to make a livin’ at it, it’s like jumpin’ off a cliff at midnight not knowing what’s below you. And to have some affirmation from your mom that she thinks you should try it and she thinks that you can do it, there’s no more confidence than that that you can get.”

Tim will be forever grateful to his mom for supporting his dream.