I hope people half my age and twice my age will listen to my music - I want it to live forever and for my audience to feel like they have a friend in my music. Music is a spirit. It heals. It's an amazing thing to be loved and appreciated, and sometimes, music has not just been my best friend, it's been my only friend.

I am a huge, huge Ronnie Milsap fan. I have been for a long time.

My mom makes the best Cajun stuff. I'm a big gumbo guy. I've lost a lot of my Louisiana accent, so now when I say 'gumbo,' I feel like someone who's never said the word before.

Anytime I can go fly for a few hours, I go. It's stressful and stress-relieving at the same time.

Any time I write a new song, I am jazzed about it for like 24 hours and then I am over it and want to write another one.

I don't believe in making a record and rushing it.

My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that.