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.

Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.

Ill never be, like, sippy cup country, or write about everything I do around the house.

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.

When I was a kid, we always had big gardens, acres of stuff we grew out in the yard.

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.