You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.

I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start thinking about the world of germs around us.

One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes.

If you go through life and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.

I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.