The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture.

We're all given a window of opportunity, I think all artists are, of any genre. A window when you're truly relevant, the spotlight's on you and people are watching what you do.

When you play the bars, you pay your dues. It does matter that you know those things [songs]. And the great thing for me, too, is that I draw on that stuff as influences. It's also stuff that you put in the tank that you pull from to make records.

I want to be the guy out there on the edge.

Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.

I'm not a trust-fund type.

The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture.