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Cody Johnson<\/a> will never forget the first time he got to sit down and have a real conversation with George Strait<\/a>. It happened\u00a0at Clemson University\u2019s Memorial Stadium,\u00a0in South Carolina, earlier in 2026, when Johnson was opening for the country king.<\/p>\n According to Country Now<\/a>, Johnson got the chance to spend about 30 minutes with Strait on Strait’s bus.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t some big, formal conversation about music or careers. Instead, the two Texans talked about the things they had in common.<\/p>\n Johnson said, “I got to go sit on the bus with George and have a 30-minute conversation about nothing. We talked about golf and cattle, you know, and being from Texas.”<\/p>\n But what Strait said to Johnson before they parted ways is something the\u00a0“Horseback” singer says he will carry with him forever.<\/p>\n Johnson said, “To hear George Strait say to me, \u2018Son, you\u2019re doing it the right way. Don\u2019t change anything you\u2019re doing here. You\u2019re doing it the right way. Man, I\u2019m proud of you, and you\u2019re representing Texas, you\u2019re representing country music well, you\u2019re representing cowboys well.\u2019 It just meant the world to me.”<\/p>\n For Johnson, the moment was more than a compliment from a country legend.<\/p>\n Coming from Strait, whose career has helped define what traditional country music can look and sound like, the words served as validation that Johnson was staying true to himself and the music that he wanted to make.<\/p>\nWhat Did George Strait and Cody Johnson Talk About?<\/h3>\n
George Strait to Cody Johnson: ‘Son, You’re Doing It The Right Way’<\/h3>\n