I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican.

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across.

New York has always had a love for Southern artists. There's no place else that makes me feel like the city does. I just love the immediate nature of the city, you can get whatever you want whenever you want it and do whatever you want whenever you want to.

Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.

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

I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.