Garth Brooks, one of country music's hottest young singer-songwriters, says he's glad his first shot at stardom four years ago flopped.
"I wouldn't trade that experience for the world," Brooks said of his trip to Nashville at age 24.Brooks said in the Sept. 3 issue of People that he returned to Oklahoma and got married. When he went back to Nashville in 1988, his luck was better.
His debut album launched four No. 1 singles.