Now I'm a symbol of what to be and how hard to work. I have heads of major labels say, "I wish you could teach our artists how to do it." At one point I was the punching bag of what not to be, and now I'm the model of what to be.

Music's supposed to come from the heart. I felt like that if it ever got mechanical, I was going to back away from it.

I wasn't a great student, C average. I was pretty shy, but I drank a lot of beer.

I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.

It's very hard for me to relax.

Every Christmas my hometown radio station would always play 'Christmas In Dixie' by Alabama. I always remember lovin' that song.

I'm a huge Aerosmith fan.