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I'm not very patient.
I'm a Georgia Southern boy.
I wanna have the coolest merch.
I get plenty of credit out on the road.
I just don't want any songs to go unheard.
I'm just glad to be singing songs that touch people.
I've stopped questioning things and how things work.
For me, that first album, there was a lot of fun stuff.
I had a publishing deal way before I had a record deal.
The older I get, the more special time with family gets.
All I've ever wanted is a nice truck, and that's what I got.
I started performing in college, but I wasn't writing a lot.
We wouldn't be where we are without people loving our music.
Georgia Southern was such a big part of me getting my start.
I know how music makes me feel; I know how it affects my life.
Being a big Braves fan, Turner Field would be cool to play a show at.
That's why I fell in love with country music: it made me feel something.
I've been able to experience so many things since I've had my record deal.
As an artist, as a person, I don't want to be here for just a little while.
I wanted to get better at writing, so I knew I needed to move to Nashville.
I like my buddies to come out to shows on weekends, but they hardly ever get to any.
I've had the chance to meet families with children who are sick, and it's heartbreaking.
That's where it all started for me, in clubs and bars, and I don't ever wanna outgrow that.
I went to a small high school in - down in south Georgia. Terrell Academy is the name of it.
Sometimes, you want to write how you feel, but making people have fun, that's part of it, too.
I'm getting to do, like, 11 stadium shows with Kenny Chesney... seriously - that's bucket list.
'You Should Be Here' set the tone that, 'Alright everybody, I want you to listen to this album.
If I start putting too much pressure on myself, that's something my mama is there to help with.
Just being from where I'm from, a little small town, I feel like I'm a good judge of character.
I always loved country music. But I didn't even know I could sing. I just knew I loved the music.
I started to sing after high school, and I may have dreamed about being Randy Travis a time or two.
I always say, 'If it looks good on a T-shirt, it would probably be a pretty cool title or cool song.'
Taking care of the people who take care of you - that's how I was raised and how I like to do things.
If one person feels the way I felt when I first fell in love with country music, then I'm doing my job.
I want to do this for a long time; I want people to be saying, 'What is he doing still playing in clubs?'
I've always wanted to release a song that could actually touch someone and help them through a tough time.
Even though I lost my dad in just a tragic, sudden way, there are so many more stories that are so much worse.
I know that a lot of our troops like country music. I would love to do anything I could to just help them out.
I always said, if I got a record deal, I'd want to record the best songs I could, whether I wrote them or not.
When you find what you love, and you find people that will support you, you're living the dream whatever you do.
My first album, I had to write everything. Nobody was going to send me stuff just because I had a little success.
If an artist can take two minutes to tweet a fan and make his or her day, why wouldn't they take advantage of that?
I was the kid jamming out to the songs on the radio, and now there's hopefully kids out there jamming out to my music.
We need to take care of people that are out there busting their butts trying to make it; that's what everyone's done for me.
That's why I've always loved country music. Whether it's sad, pumps you up, or it's breakup songs, it's all real-life things.
All I ever wanted to do was write songs, and I just dreamed of putting out an album and having a single that maybe did alright.
The fans are always wanting new music, and with as much as I love to write, I might as well give them the music while I've got it.
I try to live every day and realize that there are so many folks working hard to try to get to where I am and how fortunate that I am.
I want people to know that I'm not just 'Chillin' It.' I'm a real person. There's heartbreak and trials, and I hope I put that in my music.
My dad always believed in me. He was always kind of, 'All right, buddy, if that's what you want to do...' My mom was always more of a realist.