I listen to all types of different music. I go to different festivals. I'm around music.

I watch artists say they wrote all these songs and don't mention anybody else who was involved, and that's fine. I don't expect an artist to give me credit. I know that they're gonna take the credit for everything. But, it's my job to give myself that exposure and not make excuses, not grow bitter.

It takes a different mindset to be successful in anything; that's why there's not a lot of super duper successful people, because it's guys I know who may be ten times more talented than me, but they don't work as hard.

You're put in certain situations and it kind of opens up those doors and it opens up your eyes to realize what your true calling was.

I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was a kid. I would sit up and want to watch that all day instead of going outside sometimes.

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

A song is a song and a hit record can change a life.