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" The 'Will Powers' story is like my life to a certain degree. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We are all big Motown fans. "

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

" 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. "

" We never think about how many awards we've won. We just want to make the best music we can. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I've always been the type of person that thinks, 'If someone else can do it, so can I.' "

" 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. "

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

" My father is a very skilled carpenter. He can do just about anything with his hands. He is very artistic with his carpentry. "

" 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 pride ourselves on being great songwriters. "

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

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

" 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 taught guitar lessons for a long time for a living before I got on the road. I really enjoyed hanging out with kids, talking about music with them, and trying to influence them in a positive way. "

" I'm a blues guy at heart, so silly music isn't generally what I do. I'm a I'll-cry-as-my-guitar-gently-weeps kind of guy. "

" 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. "

" Whether there's 100 people or 100,000, we bring our 'A' game every single time. We're full-speed on stage. We kick the audience's butt. "

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

" 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. "

" My dad has seen and done a lot. He comes from the hippie era where music and living life to the fullest is more important than stability and playing by the rules. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I grew up as an only child, so inherently, most of my life was centered around me. My parents taught me to play well with others and to share my toys, but I was still an only child who didn't have to share my parent's attention with siblings. As great as my childhood was, I always wanted brothers and sisters. "