I Was Addicted To Playing Music.

Robert Duvall Saw Me Playing At A Restaurant In Louisiana And Invited Me To Be An Extra In His Movie 'the Apostle.' He Gave Me A Guitar For My Sixth Birthday, And I Thought That Was The Coolest Thing In The World.

When I Was 13 Or 14, I Took Seven Months Off From Touring. I Did A Lot Of Weekend Gigs In Louisiana. We Have Fairs And Festivals Every Weekend. But I Took Seven Months Off. That's When I Really Started Digging Deep. I Wrote A Couple Songs That Year That I Still Play Every Now And Then For People.

I Started Writing When I Was Around 6. I Say 'writing,' But It Was Really Just Making Up Stuff! I Started Writing And Doing My Own Thing. I Didn't Really Know What A Demo Was Or Anything Like That, So I Started Getting Interested In Studio Gear And Started Learning About One Instrument At A Time. My First Instrument Was An Accordion.

I Believe When You Meet The Right Person It Clicks, And You Both Know And You Start Making It Work, You Know?

I Am, By Nature, A Guitar Player... I Learned All Of These Other Instruments Around That, And Around The Theory That I Built Learning The Guitar.