I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
I think everybody would love to say they were in a movie. Whether or not I'm any good at it, I don't know.
People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.
My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to, and I tried to keep her from finding out about it. I did a pretty good job of that.
I think from an artist standpoint, you have to put out music that you feel like represents you and things you feel like your crowd wants to hear. And if that drives them to go and download the album or the single, that's what we want.
As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there's a whole wave of new artists that come along every year. In '05, I was part of the crop. It was a lot harder trying to set myself apart from the rest of the pack.
Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.
The key to effective teaching is to remember how you learned.
[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.
If reality is as equally valuable as fiction, then you should just chalk up the parts of the past you don’t need to your imagination