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

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" All the people I hung out with were musicians. "

" Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest people. I sense a kindred spirit in him, and I hope he'd say the same. Actually, he did. "

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

" The rule of songwriting: say what you want to say, say it again, say it a different way, then say it again. "

" 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. "

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

" Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back. "

" The stage is my comfort zone, and playing live is what I've always wanted to do. It's why I want to do two hundred dates a year. I wouldn't feel that way if I were nervous onstage. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" If I could make noise with anything, I was going to. "

" 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 was addicted to playing music. "

" 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. "

" I used to think there was a scientific way to do things. Like a proper way to answer a question or that kind of stuff. It's like, there's not! There's not a method, there's not a science to it. "

" Anytime I can go fly for a few hours, I go. It's stressful and stress-relieving at the same time. "

" All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could. "

" All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe. "

" I don't even have a type, I don't think. My type is just whoever can get along with me. "

" I just love music gear, I'm a total geek all around. "

" When I was in high school, I had binders with pictures of tour buses. "

" 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. "

" Albums are chapters. They're part of a story. "

" 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'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything. "

" I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. It's about accepting who you are and what you want to become and knowing all that you've got to work with, whether it's good or bad. My music was the only place I could be me for the longest time. "

" I grew up in a fun-loving environment - you work hard and play hard. "

" My celebrity crush is not gonna find out who my celebrity crush is anytime soon. I'm so nervous! I may keep that to myself because if I do meet her and she already knows about it, that could be awkward. "

" 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. "

" I don't believe in making a record and rushing it. "