I simply find that as a songwriter, my goal is to try to move people. And I feel that before I can move other people, I have to genuinely be able to move myself.

You left me for a dream you had to follow, but I thought goodbye wouldn't last that long.

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

A little bit South you've got Macon, Georgia - home of the Allman Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band and Capricorn Records. And off to west you've got Delta blues. Sprinkle Southern gospel over the top of that, and you're talking about where I came from. I loved all of that music.

It's the same old story you've heard a thousand times. Somebody's trust gets broken. Somebody's left behind.

I need one good honky tonk angel to turn my life around.

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.