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.

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.

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.

I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.

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

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.

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