My band got signed in high school when I was 16, and we all dropped out of high school and went on tour. Then I quit the band because I was the manager, and I was doing everything, so I went solo.
I didn't want to be famous or any of that.
I'm not like any other artist, point blank.
I was poor my whole life.
I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.
I was such a huge Ne-Yo fan.
I love to work with producers who are very good with their chord progressions.
People beat around the bush so much, and I try to be really blunt in my music.
I've done arenas, and sometimes it feels like you're the only one in the room.
I feel like I just learned a whole new world when I was studying under Ne-Yo when I was about 17. I was living on Ne-Yo's manager's couch, making three songs a day.
I like to be the captain of my ship and be involved with everything from stage production, merch, art, and rollouts.
Fame is weird.
I was the only real punk rock kid in my school, with, like, the plaid pants and the Rancid t-shirt.
I don't do all the things I say I do in my songs, but nobody does.
I have several guns. I have several dirt bikes and ATVs, good old country-boy things.
