I'm Hooked On My Baby's Love, There

I Grew Up With Nothing, So Whenever I Got To Where I Could Have Something I Felt Like I Needed To Have Everything I Couldn't Have When I Was Young.

"after 17" Is A Song I Wrote When My First Daughter Went To College, So That's Kind Of Where I'm At In That Part Of My Life. If You Listen To That Song And Knew Anything About Me, You'd Say, "oh Yeah, He Wrote That About His Daughter," But I Try Not To Write Them That They Are So Specific That They Wouldn't Apply To Anybody That Has A Child.

Growing Up In Georgia, I Used To Think People Up North Or Out West Were So Different. They're Really Not. They're Just Regular People Who Live In Small Towns. They Grow Up And Try To Raise Families And Have A Job And Go To Church And Play Softball. It's That Way Everywhere.

Making Music Is Still What Keeps A Fire Going On In Me.

If You Just Do 50 To 60 Shows A Year, It's Not That Much Time Away From Home.