I think great songs can come from anywhere and you constantly have to be able to look out for those. I think a lot of the times people will try too hard to write everything themselves and therefor miss out on great songs that way.

I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you - I forget the fact that it's fried.

I try to record music that people can relate to.

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.

I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.

My goal is that when the last song is over, and you're walking back to the parking lot, you're already on your phone searching to find the next show.

If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that's religious and they're going to come see you when you're in that town, once your radio success is gone and you're not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows.