Crowded hallways, are the loneliest places, for outcasts and rebels,or anyone who just dares to be different.

Don’t be afraid to do something different Dare to be something more.

There’s so much more to life than what you’re feeling now.

I love flying planes.

I’m in my dream world.

When you hear his music, mine will all of a sudden make sense.

Dream as big as you want because they come true everyday.

I was addicted to playing music.

Any time I write a new song, I am jazzed about it for like 24 hours and then I am over it and want to write another one.

A good album can make your day. A great album can change your life.

Like a wave on the ocean I will always come right back to you.

At 22, there’s a lot of trying to figure out love, which at the end of the day, I’ve realized I’ll never figure out, though the process of trying is fun.

I am blessed beyond belief.

My mom makes the best Cajun stuff. I’m a big gumbo guy. I’ve lost a lot of my Louisiana accent, so now when I say ‘gumbo,’ I feel like someone who’s never said the word before.

There’s a lot of people I’d like to write with, like Keith Urban or even as far out as Stevie Wonder.

I used to think there was a scientific way to do things. Like a proper way to answer a question or that kind of stuff. It’s like, there’s not! There’s not a method, there’s not a science to it.

There’s something fun about the road because there’s no 9 to 5. But I do find myself making the effort to take some time off. As much as I don’t want to, I have to. I need to reset. I love weeks off, because I can go in the studio and just be creative again.

I wrote my first song when I was 6 years old. It was actually called ‘Six Years Old.’

Singing live is my favorite. When people sing along to your songs, the circle is complete.

I like driving around town and listening to new records.

I love driving. I’ve been obsessed with driving something since I was a kid.

My favorite song depends on the day, what I’m going through, what I’m feeling.

I wrote my first song at 6. I spent every day with the guitar, and I just made up songs.

All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe.

As a new artist – I don’t care who you talk to – I think everyone would agree, it’s hard to get your expectations right.

Anyone who tells you they’re not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I’m afraid they’re not telling you the whole story.

I am a huge, huge Ronnie Milsap fan. I have been for a long time.

I’ve got some crazy, stupid big goals. I really wanna headline arenas. I wanna have such a big crew that we’ve got to have 20 or 30 buses on the road because that’s how big the show we’re putting on is.

My dad said ‘When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,’ and I agree with that.

I have a string of competitiveness in me. It’s really strange ’cause it’s not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know.

Music is by no means something I was like, ‘I’m going to make a career out of this!’ It’s the only thing I know how to do, so it was more like, ‘I hope to God I can make a career out of this!

Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There’s a connection because there’s a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in.

To be the name on somebody’s shirt that they’ve made themselves in preparation for one of your shows – it doesn’t get much cooler than that.

The stage is my comfort zone, and playing live is what I’ve always wanted to do. It’s why I want to do two hundred dates a year. I wouldn’t feel that way if I were nervous onstage.

My celebrity crush is not gonna find out who my celebrity crush is anytime soon. I’m so nervous! I may keep that to myself because if I do meet her and she already knows about it, that could be awkward.

Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He’s one of the sweetest people. I sense a kindred spirit in him, and I hope he’d say the same. Actually, he did.

My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.

I write for myself. I don’t write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need to.

I want people to say about me, ‘I know he’s making music because he loves it.

I don’t even have a type, I don’t think. My type is just whoever can get along with me.I don’t even have a type, I don’t think. My type is just whoever can get along with me.

I don’t believe in making a record and rushing it.

When I was in high school, I had binders with pictures of tour buses.

I’m not a photographer, so I need all the help I can get when it comes to make a picture look cool.

I am, by nature, a guitar player… I learned all of these other instruments around that, and around the theory that I built learning the guitar.

All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

Yes, I did lock myself in my room for about two years and write some songs and things like that. But I don’t feel like I missed out on a whole lot.

I truly believe that when you’ve found the one you’re searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You’re better for it.

Albums are chapters. They’re part of a story.

Encore’ was an experiment. ‘Encore’ was the second chance at a first impression. ‘Encore’ was not completely planned.

All the people I hung out with were musicians.

Thank you to country radio for believing in me.

If I could make noise with anything, I was going to.

I just love music gear, I’m a total geek all around.

I grew up in a fun-loving environment – you work hard and play hard.

I could be myself. I’m very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it.

Anytime I can go fly for a few hours, I go. It’s stressful and stress-relieving at the same time.

I’ve got a lot of dreams I want to achieve, and I hope someone can cheer me on as I’ll cheer them on in their dreams.

The rule of songwriting: say what you want to say, say it again, say it a different way, then say it again.

I struggled with feeling confident for a long time, but I think it’s important to be strong and not compromise for anyone or a relationship – I’m drawn to that.

Unfortunately, I’m more experienced than I care to admit on long-distance relationships. Just because that is my life. I travel because I love to. As a result, I have to sort of make it work when a relationship kind of comes into view.

In any city or town, you can find a good, rocking Italian place. The most unhealthy thing on the menu? I’ll have two of those!

I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He’s like royalty to me and is one of my biggest inspirations.

I’m a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything.

I believe when you meet the right person it clicks, and you both know and you start making it work, you know?

A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.

I love the practicality of a good car. You know what I mean? And when I say ‘practicality,’ I mean the complete practicality of a Ferrari 458, a wonderfully fantastic every day car.

I love the practicality of a good car. You know what I mean? And when I say ‘practicality,’ I mean the complete practicality of a Ferrari 458, a wonderfully fantastic every day car.