It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.

If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal

I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?

I really worked to try and be creative enough on the guitar parts so those who aren't real educated would know that there was some difficulty in doing it.

The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.

I have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun - going to movies and all that stuff. It's a painfully normal life!