Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label.

Not to be narcissistic, but I truly believe in order to make yourself better, you should see what you did before and what was good about that and what wasn't - same way a football team plays a game and then they go back and watch film.

May the simple things be amazing on the journey of your life.

Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.

Everyone has their own path and you cant judge.

I'm from Florida, so any time I get invited to come to Florida and play a show, I'm definitely always up for that.