When I was young I spoke like a child I saw with a child's eyes And an open door was to a girl Like the stars are to the sky It's funny how the world lives up to All your expectations With adventures for the stout of heart And the lure of the open spaces There's two lanes running down this road And whichever side you're on Accounts for where you want to go Or what you're running from Back when darkness overtook me On a blind man's curve I relied upon the moon and Saint Christopher

I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?

So I came home and I had a resume and everything, but the only job experience I had was just playing in bars and clubs on my summers off. So, I was temping and stuff during the day and playing music at night.

When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling.

We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.

Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?

The bedrock thing of country music is, it's about storytelling. I feel like I was able to find a niche because I connected to that in some way.