When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting.

I didn't rebel in the way a lot of people do.

The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.

You have to make a lot of sacrifices, and the main thing you have to sacrifice is your privacy. It's funny because when I was growing up, my daddy was and still is an insurance agent in our home town. He couldn't go anywhere without somebody recognizing him or needing something from him.

Don't let your children take priority over your marriage and your work and everything else.

I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school.

I like to fish when it's not too hot.