I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.

It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.

When I was in high school, I read all of Neil Simon's plays.

All the doors that I had to close. All the things I knew but I didn't know. Thank God for all I missed. 'Cause it led me here to this.

You gotta laugh and love and take all life has to give. You gotta live and learn so you can learn to live.

I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day.

When somebody says to you the real USC is in L.A., tell them we were a school before they were a state.