If I wanted the ticket to be a $200 ticket, I'd have made it a $200 ticket, but I don't want it to be that.

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.

I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubborn. I'm a lot like him. And he said, 'If you go to college and graduate, I'll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.' So he bribed me.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

Bob Seger was a huge inspiration.

Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.

I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.

I can't stand making records.

I don't care if I starve.

I have a huge chip on my shoulder.

I have a new hobby and it's pretty much logging.

I want to be the guy out there on the edge.

I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.

I'm not a trust-fund type.

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.

Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.

Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.

Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake.

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.