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" Stylistically, we do so many different things. "

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" The tour is like our bread and butter. You don't really get to experience the band unless you see us live. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" When I try to be funny, it always makes me more nervous that I'm trying too hard, and then my brain that already thinks too much jumps into hyper drive, and I light-speed start talking 'Star Trek' to someone who's talking 'Star Wars.' Anyway, it doesn't work out usually when I 'try' to be funny. "

" I never thought we were a country band in the first place. I think we've gotten ourselves into a place where we don't underestimate our listeners and what potential there is for the music they've heard all their lives. "

" You can be as creative as you want to and build all these cool projects, but ultimately, if they're not successful and you don't have the business structure in place, everything will flop. "

" There is an idea that at some point in your career, you 'make it.' I understand the theory of 'making it.' I don't exactly think that it's the best way to look at it. "

" 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. "

" I try as hard as I can to push myself. I try to create as much as I can. I try to grow on a daily basis. "

" Life is short, so there is no reason why you shouldn't live it to the fullest expression of yourself. "

" Pearl Jam's 'Alive' is the reason I started to play music. "

" Once you start getting into giving back, it gets addictive. "

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

" Songwriting is a big deal to me. "

" 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. "

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

" If you never give up and you strive hard and focus on every move like a chess game, you will make it. I believe that wholeheartedly. "

" I'm grateful for being able to explore different avenues of my writing, whether it be music or stories, and it have an audience. "

" I've tried very hard to stay grounded with my family, my ol' buddies, nature, music, and creativity. "

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

" I live a life of creating, sharing music with wonderful musicians that I love like family, and spreading a message through music that life is yours to live wide open, and do it your way with love. "

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

" We pride ourselves on being great songwriters. "

" If you feel like you have no other option in life but to follow your musical path, then do it. If you are talented and focus all your energy on becoming better and furthering your career and never give up, something will happen. I'm not sure what will happen, but it is guaranteed that you will do more than if you didn't do all that. "

" My mother is very good at sewing and makes wonderful quilts. "

" It's always hard for me to put the pieces together when listening to a finished album that I was a part of writing and playing. There are so many memories wrapped up in each note and each song that it's hard not to constantly flash back to what made that musical event happen while listening. "

" A lot of times, people ask us about being a country band, and we say, 'Well, we're not really a country band.' And we're not knocking country, because we like it, but we don't want to be limited. "

" We are all big Motown fans. "