I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.

If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', because it pretty much is.

Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.

First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'.

I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material.

If there's a pool I love to hangout there and layout and get some sun. If I can ever find a second to get some sun, some Vitamin D, I will do so.

I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.

I'm going for something very raw and organic.

Music is not just a part of my everday life, I'm surrounded by it every minute.

My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.

The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Leave some room in your theology for God to be bigger than you can explain

Reading what you want, and having one book lead to the next, is the way I found my discipline.

When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.

Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.

We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.

Catch people in the act of doing something right.

A strong spirit transcends rules.

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness