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" My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. "

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" Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There's a connection because there's a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in. "

" I truly believe that when you've found the one you're searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You're better for it. "

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

" There's a lot of people I'd like to write with, like Keith Urban or even as far out as Stevie Wonder. "

" 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 want people to say about me, 'I know he's making music because he loves it.' "

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

" To be the name on somebody's shirt that they've made themselves in preparation for one of your shows - it doesn't get much cooler than that. "

" Every time I take a photo, it goes into SnapSeed. Even if it's just a price tag on something, it still goes into SnapSeed, and I start editing it. I'm not a photographer, so I need all the help I can get when it comes to make a picture look cool. "

" I love flying planes. "

" 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. "

" I like driving around town and listening to new records. "

" I'm in my dream world. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's something fun about the road because there's no 9 to 5. But I do find myself making the effort to take some time off. As much as I don't want to, I have to. I need to reset. I love weeks off, because I can go in the studio and just be creative again. "

" My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that. "

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

" There is a bit of a movement as far as younger people in country music. That is cool because people are saying things like, 'I didn't listen to country music until so-and-so came along.' And I'm like, 'Yeah! Now you know why I love it.' "

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

" I wrote my first song at 6. I spent every day with the guitar, and I just made up songs. "

" I love the practicality of a good car. You know what I mean? And when I say 'practicality,' I mean the complete practicality of a Ferrari 458, a wonderfully fantastic every day car. "

" I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange 'cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. "

" 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. "

" I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.' "

" I'm not a photographer, so I need all the help I can get when it comes to make a picture look cool. "

" Thank you to country radio for believing in me. "

" Robert Duvall saw me playing at a restaurant in Louisiana and invited me to be an extra in his movie 'The Apostle.' He gave me a guitar for my sixth birthday, and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world. "

" 'Wanted' is about a girl I was friends with, but at the time it was teetering on the edge of something more. I wanted to show her that I really cared about her. 'Wanted' was my way of saying, 'we're friends and have a great foundation, and this could be something really special.' "