I was raised in South Alabama in the woods, y'know? I'm country.

I still believe in the old-school show thing no frills, no fancy equipment just a guitar and some amps and some drums, and throw it out there and do it the best you can in a live sense, because it's easy to make records. But the live show is where you really show if you've got the balls to do it.

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.

My thinking brain never stops my creative brain never stops so they wrestle a lot and get in fights sometimes they fight in the night and keep me up.

If you think too much about something, you're not feeling it.

I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influence on me. It was their character, their individual styles, what they were like as people. They weren't afraid to stick out.