Occupation: Musician Birth: October 9, 1969
My town was even smaller. Only six hundred people. We didn't have a grocery store..
I've always been very interested in the visual aspect of what I do..
I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda got a shot to be an artist. ….
Most of the stuff that I do talk about, about being counted out and being an underdog, 'cause that's what I feel like I am..
I was really influenced by a lot of Disney soundtracks, because that's what I used to watch all the time, and they always put music in it, which is w….
I was like just writing and writing and then I kinda developed my sound. And then, my managers were like, "Okay, we're gonna try to get a deal." And ….
I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked..
I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's always based on what is right for the song..
I feel like I make a soundtrack for the come up, and I feel like there's so many people that's trying to figure out how to chase their dreams, or tha….
I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter..
And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an incredible thing art can do for other people….
I think a lot of people have an idealistic view - if you grow up in the country, there can't possibly be anything wrong with you..
I've always felt profoundly about what's going on in the world on a daily basis. What I hadn't felt was that I was at a point in my writing career wh….
I think I just speak on what the regular people are going through outside of love 'cause, of course, there's always gonna be a love song, but there's….
But huge photographs of dead bodies are slightly different. I couldn't find much humor there..
The devil wanders into my soul..
I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a pla….
People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses..
I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have changed, in that I'….
I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters. But at the same time I care very much about my work and I ….
Obviously, the emotions I want to convey through music are streamed through the way I interpret life..