I believe when you meet the right person it clicks, and you both know and you start making it work, you know?

All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older, my influences have broadened - John Mayer, Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder, Keith Urban, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beatles - all of these artists have somehow been a part of my development as a songwriter.

I don't even have a type, I don't think. My type is just whoever can get along with me.

When I was in high school, I had binders with pictures of tour buses.

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

A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.