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.

When I was 13 or 14, I took seven months off from touring. I did a lot of weekend gigs in Louisiana. We have fairs and festivals every weekend. But I took seven months off. That's when I really started digging deep. I wrote a couple songs that year that I still play every now and then for people.

In any city or town, you can find a good, rocking Italian place. The most unhealthy thing on the menu? I'll have two of those!

The rule of songwriting: say what you want to say, say it again, say it a different way, then say it again.

I am, by nature, a guitar player... I learned all of these other instruments around that, and around the theory that I built learning the guitar.

To be the name on somebody's shirt that they've made themselves in preparation for one of your shows - it doesn't get much cooler than that.

I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my biggest inspirations.