I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? I've always been that kind of guy. I still hold some respect for criminals that are good at their jobs.

I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time.

My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother.

I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green and Luther Ingram. It was something that hit me early on, the feeling that came across.

Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.

As a southern man, there's two things I'm definitely not scared of: bow ties and white pants.