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" If they keep playing us on country radio and we get to keep doing cool stuff like playing with Willie Nelson, that's great. "

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" Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference. "

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" It's kind of a Catch-22. The more successful you get, the less normal you get. "

" I got into writing short stories and blogs while on the road. "

" I firmly believe if you start something, you should finish it. "

" We try not to think that our listeners are one-track-minded people with the music they listen to. "

" I like music that not only has a pop melody to it but is also deeply about something. "

" You think you have the most amazing life by having your dreams come true as a musician and marrying the woman of your dreams. But then you add a lil' baby girl... to the mix, and it's like you've never really lived and loved until she was here. "

" If the people that love you are the people at your side on your last day, and there's not a soul in that room that has any bad words to say about you, well, I'd say Heaven awaits you, my friend. "

" We pride ourselves on being great songwriters. "

" I try to cross as many genres as possible with the same attitude. I want every song to be very clear. "

" The coolest thing for me to do was listen to Pearl Jam's 'Ten,' Nirvana's 'Nevermind,' or Soundgarden and play along to it and think about how awesome it would be to be in one of those bands and be up on stage. When I'd close my eyes at 13 and dream of being in Pearl Jam or one of those bands, it was exactly like how it is now with the band I'm in. "

" We are all big Motown fans. "

" One of my favorite guitar players and musicians is a guy named Jimmy Herring. "

" I basically am the only musician in my family. My aunt plays a little piano, but that's about it. My dad's mother painted and was actually good at it. I do not come from a long line of musicians, though. "

" I made a promise to be as creative as I could, even outside of music. "

" I can play in front of 30,000 people at Fenway and not be nervous at all. But I get really nervous in front of kids. "

" We listen to so many different types of music, so it's easy for us to play a different genre or style and it be true to what we do. "

" Songwriting is a big deal to me. "

" We're able to play different genres and be very specific in sounding like we know what we're doing. "

" My mom used to cut out articles from the 'Atlanta Journal Constitution' when I was in high school. She would either give them to me to read or she would post them on the fridge. These articles would usually be stories of someone inventing something, breaking records, or achieving some kind of success. "

" You don't realize how beautiful an idea is until you do it with other people. There's this really shimmery, awesome thing when you start finishing a song - where the song just starts writing itself. "

" I was raised on nothing but love and support. "

" My dad is basically my best friend. I'm that dude's spitting image and couldn't be more proud of that. They just don't come any better than my dad. "

" Carlos Sosa, the saxophone player for Zac Brown Band, and I worked up two songs for 'When You're Feeling Sick.' They were a blast to work on. The songs are real upbeat and silly. "

" My goal for children's books is to have them become tableside or bedside classics. To me, it would be awesome to write a book that every kid would end up reading at some point in their life because influencing kids in a positive way at such a young age is really cool. "

" The recipe to our success is that you have a bunch of different guys who listen to a lot of different music. "

" You're part of the problem or the solution. Solution means, in my opinion, to be taking extra time and energy in trying to give back to the world. "

" I'm just grateful. I'm grateful for my family, my wife, and our health. I'm grateful to be in a band of brothers that I love so, so, so much. I'm grateful that this magical combination of dudes makes music that people like and moves them. "

" Duane Allman might be my favorite guitar player ever. I'd say I'm influenced by the Allman Brothers more than any other band. When I taught guitar lessons for a living, the students that were interested in soloing had to learn the intro to 'It's Not My Cross to Bear' first thing. "

" I love coming back home and seeing old friends and family. I would say it keeps me grounded. "