I see friends who are in different genres of music, and they say they're so burnt playing the same stuff every night. That's why you see a country act wanting to go out and play an old classic rock song. But what cracks me up is that they all want to be Jimmy Buffett. I can't figure that out.

They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

There's no way anyone in the world is having more fun than I am. I truly believe that.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.