I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it.

I grew up in east Tennessee, and everybody knew everybody's business.

My life can be insanely complicated sometimes, and there's a certain simplicity that I crave.

I love being able to say a quick thanks to the man above for the music and the fact that we're even in this spot. If you'd told me this in college when I was sitting on a stool and playing for enchiladas and tips, I'd have bet everything against it.

had no excuses for the things that we'd done, we were brave, we crazy, we were mostly young.

There's this idea that somebody's job could be more important than somebody else's, and to me, that's not true.

I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs that I sing.