Kick your shoes off, kickem off

I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.

I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

I really tend to write in retrospect.

I started playing in bars when I was about 15 years old, and there are things that I saw early on that really shaped who I am.

I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.