Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.'

I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.

Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know?

Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.

Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know?