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" I wrote my first song when I was 6 years old. It was actually called 'Six Years Old.' "

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" I write for myself. I don't write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need to. "

" I've got some crazy, stupid big goals. I really wanna headline arenas. I wanna have such a big crew that we've got to have 20 or 30 buses on the road because that's how big the show we're putting on is. "

" Albums are chapters. They're part of a story. "

" In any city or town, you can find a good, rocking Italian place. The most unhealthy thing on the menu? I'll have two of those! "

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" Singing live is my favorite. When people sing along to your songs, the circle is complete. "

" Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done. "

" I believe when you meet the right person it clicks, and you both know and you start making it work, you know? "

" Anytime I can go fly for a few hours, I go. It's stressful and stress-relieving at the same time. "

" Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that's also what I love. Musically, I'm always finding my way home. "

" My favorite song depends on the day, what I'm going through, what I'm feeling. "

" I am blessed beyond belief. "

" Unfortunately, I'm more experienced than I care to admit on long-distance relationships. Just because that is my life. I travel because I love to. As a result, I have to sort of make it work when a relationship kind of comes into view. "

" Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story. "

" I'm naturally shy, so the social media thing is new to me. I haven't really figured out how my voice sounds on social media, you know? I don't want to tweet everyday just for the sake of tweeting. I want to make sure whatever I do there is honest. Social media can very quickly get fake, and I don't want to be that guy. "

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" I just love music gear, I'm a total geek all around. "

" I was addicted to playing music. "

" I'm from Louisiana, and that's where I got my start, in Cajun music. There's a huge music scene down there centered around our culture. Those are people that are not making music for a living. They are making music for the fun of it. And I think that's the best way I could have been introduced to music. "

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" I love driving. I've been obsessed with driving something since I was a kid. "

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" A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else. "

" I want to find someone who's really into something like I'm really into something, so that I can support them and we can both cheer each other on. I've got a lot of dreams I want to achieve, and I hope someone can cheer me on as I'll cheer them on in their dreams. "

" Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back. "