2. Who is the one person you haven’t worked with that you would like to? I’ve been so fortunate to work with so many people already over my career, but I’d love to work with Bonnie Raitt sometime. I think she’s an tremendous talent. I’d love to sit in the same room with Dolly and write a song with her. I’d also love to work with Michael McDonald, Carrie Underwood or James Taylor.
3. What’s your proudest moment? When I saw my children being born, that was my proudest moment. That’s when I realized life is so much bigger than me and us. Being a dad is about as good as it gets.
4. What’s the best advice you’ve given someone, but not taken for yourself? That’s a great question, ’cause it makes me think. I tell a lot of singers that they need to warm up and don’t drink a lot of caffine and try to drink a lot of water. I try to stay adamant with staying hydrated and warm up a 1/2 hour before a show, but I’m not always real diligent about it.
5. If you could dream about anyone while you sleep, who would it be? My granddad. My granddad was my hero. He passed away about 5 years ago and that was very difficult for me. Sometimes he’s in my dream and I wake up and I realize it was just a dream and I think man what a bummer cause it was cool to see him. It was like we were hanging. I would also like to dream that I was in heaven hanging with God.
6. Favorite ride at an amusement park? I love wooden roller coasters because their fun, their fast, and their scary, but they give the impression like their gonna fall apart at anytime because you hear the wood and the clacking and all the noise and it sort of adds to the illusion of the fear.
7. Favorite way to stay in shape? Walking definitely not running. I hate running. I like basketball too because it’s faking you out by thinking you are not working out, but really you are.
8. Boxers or Briefs? Briefs most of the time, but I have two pairs of boxers and on occasion when it’s really hot outside, I’ll wear boxers.
9. Favorite website? I tend to go to Twitter almost every time I go online. I like Twitter from my phone, but I really like it from my laptop better because it’s faster. Sometimes I’ll get into a conversation with a fan and that is really fun for me. I love going to Wikipedia because if I think of some big celebrity that I’ve always wondered about and wanted to know where they are from, I’ll go to Wikipedia to find out. I’m big into where people are from. That’s typically how all my conversations with people start because I’ve been so many places I can usually bring up something about their hometown and engage them in conversation.
10. “Transformers” or “Gobots”? Transformers. I don’t remember buying Gobots.
BONUS QUESTIONS:
11. Favorite way to spend your day off? I love to laugh and hang with friends or have a bbq in the backyard with all my favorite people. I also love recreational stuff outside, especially on a boat. I’m an avid fisherman and I don’t get to do it as much because of my schedule, but I’m getting ready to go Wyoming and I’m really excited because there might be an opportunity for me to go fly fishing. There is just something about being outside where I can see a long ways and think and reflect. I’m a song writer so I typically think better and most of my ideas come when I’m out in the wilderness.
12. Out of everyone you’ve worked with, who did you learn the most from? That’s a tough one because I took something from everyone, but I would have to go back to Steve Wariner. He’s been not only a mentor in respect to the artistry but also in respect to the business side of the industry. He’s given me some of the most priceless advice in terms of staying in there and fighting through. I’ve learned a lot from being on the road with Vince Gill and Mark Miller from Sawyer Brown. There are a lot of real people in the industry and you just hope that you are directed to those people. When you find them, you just try to hang on to them because they’re really blessings.