Billy Ray Cyrus gives himself advice in a very unique way! He tells CMT Insider that the words of wisdom he's been passing on to the contestants on Nashville Star are just as much for him as they are for them. Billy Ray explains, "I told a couple of [contestants] I passed in the hallway just a while ago - they were mentioning some of the advice that I'd given them about being yourself - and I said, 'Guys, you gotta understand, when I'm talking to you, I'm basically talking to myself out loud. Everything I say to you, I'm saying to myself because I still live what you're going through every single day.'" Cyrus continues, "It's still about a dream for me. It's still about a song. It's still about the music. It's still about if you get knocked down, get back up. It's still all about that for me. Nothing's changed."
The winner of this year's Nashville Star competition wins a major recording contract with Warner Brothers Nashville and a chance to perform at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
