There are albums that I listen to religiously just because I'm such a big fan: any Bruce Springsteen album, or old George Strait albums because the songwriting's so strong.
There's no shame in being a support act for anyone. It's been extremely beneficial for us to be allowed onstage for any of the artists we've toured with, and we've gotten some big exposure from them sharing their crowds with us in the past.
When Taylor Swift was first beginning to really take off, a couple of guys I knew in her band called and offered me a job on her tour playing acoustic guitar and singing background vocals, and they thought I would be a really good fit for it.
The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going through something that we choose to write about.
In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much.
'Still Writing Songs About You' - that one hits me every time. For some reason, I really feel that song every time we play it. I just love the sound of it, and I feel like everybody probably has that person that they never fully forget or never can get past.
We don't want to be the standard thing. We're more interested in having people hate us than glaze over us. We'd rather have a reaction than be in the middle.
Personally, my favorite 'meat' song is 'We Got It Right.' As soon as it comes on, it transports me to a different place. And I'm really proud of our performance in the studio on that one.
We have always been a touring band, and we love playing live.
It really wasn't until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it.
We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we should take this kind of seriously, because people seem to like it.'
I think that's the great thing for us - we're a band full of songwriters, and we're capable of writing all kinds of songs.
It's very rewarding to know that people respect what you do.
I think that's one of the hardest parts as an artist, and creating a career, is the song is what is gonna lead you there. So it's hard to find great songs.
The first time we went to the ACMs, no one really knew who we were.
As writers, you spend so long trying to build your cred as a writer, and then everything comes together at the same time: your artist career happens when your songwriter career is, too.
I can't imagine being a girl out there on the road. We can throw a hat on and stink. Girls have to do their hair.
I get excited about a crowd that likes our kind of music.
You definitely want your own fans, but you also want the support of your peers and the people you work with.
We definitely wanted to show we're a band that can be around, and we have something to say other than the lighter, 'pickup line' sort of songs.
