Cause I enjoy both, I enjoy recording and playing live, but yeah, the rush of playing live is really something.

I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in the studio.

With the style of music that I do, I don't think it's at the top of their agenda to push me into doing any compromising material.

My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.

Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that.

I wanted to have something that I was proud of and that I knew people would enjoy.

I think I've just gotten better at learning how to write a song.