I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.

I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

Ill never be, like, sippy cup country, or write about everything I do around the house.

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.

I really tend to write in retrospect.

Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.