I want to do music the rest of my life.

For me, my number one priority always has to be the music, and I'm going to work school around my music - not music around my school.

I've dealt with losing close ones before, and I've been around friends that have lost friends at a young age. I think it's important to think about - not necessarily death, but about life and think about where you're going and how you want to be remembered and the legacy you want to leave.

One thing I love about Josh Turner is his faith; that's why I looked up to him so much.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

I wanted people to see that I really am a real person. I'm not just some guy who was on a TV show, some guy engulfed in the Hollywood life. I'm just a normal guy when it comes down to it.

Somebody described it to me the best as when you go in to write a song with two people that you've never met, you're pretty much going in and taking off your pants in front of strangers, so it's a really weird feeling.