I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.
I grew up in North Carolina, and they have a soft drink called Sun Drop. I love the diet version of it. It's the greatest thing on the face of the earth. I always have it in my fridge - bus fridge and home fridge.
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.
There's always that next generation that always comes along.
I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it's become a little bit of what the industry can be.
My dad was in furniture for 35 years. He got run out of furniture when everything went to China, went overseas. Manufacturing in the country broke down. Everything left. Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.
I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.
I'm not a trust-fund type. 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. As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.
Additional Bonus 10:
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1. "Stay young and wild as long as you can."
2. "Funny how a melody sounds like a memory."
3. "I wouldn't be the man I am today, if not for those I've loved along the way."
4. "I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you're 36 you want to look 26. I didn't want to do that. I've earned the gray hairs."
5. "The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive."
6. "I want to be the guy out there on the edge."
7. "I don't use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it's kind of a crutch."
8. "I'd trusted my fan base, I'd trusted my gut, and I'd trusted the music."
9. "It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end."
10. "I think we make too many records. One record a year is crazy to me."
