I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.

Life is a journey that's measured not in miles or years but in experiences, and the route your life takes is built not of roads but of songs.

The lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now.

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.

It's my experience that folks who have no vices have generally very few virtues.