I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote them or not.

I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida.

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.

I've got a vibe going on with a lot of what I've been doing, and to completely change it based off of me having a child might be a little confusing. I'm sure as my life goes forward, and she starts growing up, there will be a lot more things to include in my music. But, at this point, I'm just sticking to what I do.

As long as you're true to you, you believe it and you make others believe it, then what you're doing is just art. If you give everybody a blank canvas and some paint, not everybody's picture is going to be exactly the same, but it's still art. I just do what I do.

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

Back down a country road the girls are always hot and the beer is ice cold.