I want there to be a level of respect between everybody.
There's this idea that somebody's job could be more important than somebody else's, and to me, that's not true.
I'm so hands-on, from the color of my tour bus to what I eat for dinner at 5 or the way the lights are hung.
It's very hard for me to relax.
I work hard but I play hard.
My fans reflect who I am.
I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.
It sounds like a cliche, but it... you do sing about what you know about. And I grew up in a small town, and I grew up in a place where your whole world revolved around friends, family, school, and church, and sports.
I do sell fun.
I'll admit I'm a workaholic.
In all the years that I've been doing this, I've never launched a tour and launched an album at basically the same time. Doing one of those things is enough!
It's not just in my industry... everything is so sensationalized that there's not a lot of heart and soul in a lot of things there used to be heart and soul in.
I've gotten to meet so many people who've inspired me as a human being.
You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.
When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football.
It was satisfying to take a risk and see it pay off.
I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person.
Over the years I've had people tell me that they come to my show to escape.
I want to spend more time with my family.
I've always been drawn to the ocean.
