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

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.

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

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.

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'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.