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" The first album was literally the first 12 songs I've ever written. "

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" The problem in this country is people gravitate toward one genre, and that's what they embrace. I don't understand that. If you hit me with Bell Biv Devoe meets country, well, I like the sound of that concept. "

" New Yorkers are historically tough crowds. "

" I love to play the songs that got me to where I am. I like to take a little bit from all of my records and mix it up. "

" I think my faith is a huge part of my music. But for me, it didn't make sense to be in any specific market. I write songs for a lot of different kinds of people. "

" When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special. "

" 'Nothing Left to Lose' was an album that I wrote in my bedroom, and you don't know who is listening or who cares. "

" Hopefully, reading and being around great literature inspires me to write songs, but I'm not sure about that. "

" It's silly to throw things out or label things. You know, is U2 a Christian band, or was Johnny Cash a Christian country singer? I don't know, but they're pretty open about their faith. "

" I read about two reviews early on when my first record came out, and it just freaked me out, good and bad, so I've never really kept up with that side of it. "

" Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to. "

" I never got too specialized but did like the Southern Gothic writers like William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. "

" Choosing an acoustic guitar for a live setting can be different from picking out one for recording. One doesn't always work for the other. The sonic properties can be vastly different. "

" I think you can hear all my hip hop influences in 'Just Kids.' "

" It's a job, and it's challenging. But I love music and creating. That's why I got into music. "

" I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life. "

" The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even Ryan Adams... That was the first place I really started playing music, and I had to really step up my game. Really quick. Or get kicked off the stage. "

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" There's this song called 'Brad Chester,' which is like the depths of my family. It comes from a very personal place. "

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" I don't know how much I'm connected to the hip-hop scene, but I definitely lend from that urgency. "

" When I first started writing music, it was to express that. I was trying to find God and trying to find meaning in my life. That's what my music was about. It wasn't to entertain. "

" I've never been one to learn scales and do exercises. Maybe I'm lazy, but I just don't take to that kind of thing. Learning other people's songs is enjoyable, and my fingers tend to go to new places because I'm not playing my music, the stuff that comes naturally to me. "

" I thought my second record was good, but it didn't have that smash hit we did on the first one that somehow found its way onto tons of formats of radio stations. "

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" My dad was a scratch golfer growing up. When I'm on the road, I always bring my clubs with me. "