I feel that my ear candy is a little different from the ear candy most people are receiving right now.

So writing was always like a reclusive thing, like I would go in my room, late at night, and I’d write and vent whatever was on my mind.

I had deeper, more reflective songs on the first album.

The first time, I don’t think I could have possibly been any less prepared for everything accompanying the release of the album.

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I started writing when I was about fourteen, but when I was about sixteen you know, I heard Outkast, that was pretty much when I was sold on it.

The same things go on everywhere, whether you’re from the city, the country or wherever.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

I think the hip hop world and the rock world still have a lot in common, but it certainly seems like things happen and break at a much faster pace in the hip hop world.

There’s a lot more country in this country than there is city, and I think a lot of people will be able to relate to what I’m saying.

We never got on a big, big tour, but we did a lot of spot dates.

I think the true rock fans are pretty loyal.

Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended all in, its kind of like a mockery in a...

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I took it upon myself to paint a better picture of rural life and what it is all about.

Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that’s gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that’s just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.

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I wanted to tell my story in a way I haven’t done before, things I’ve been going through in my life.

When people screamed novelty the first time around talking about an ugly video and stuff I was really insulted because, hold on a minute, everyone you see in the video are real life.

A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder.

I’m ready for anything they throw at me.

You know, I think when people fly the nest a little too soon, as far as getting involved in movies, anything beyond the music can make it suffer, I just want to make sure that...

As far as back in that era, my formative years, me finding out what hip-hop was and what I really liked about it, and what made me want to rap.

If you take any populated place – any major city in America – and drive 45 minutes from that spot directly out of town you’ll be in about as country a place as you’ll ever...

You know, that’s kind of the thing, I can’t freestyle and I used to always wonder why I couldn’t, and when I would try once out of every six months, but I was always a...

As far as the work I did with Timbaland, it was his sound and I just kinda floated in his direction. I just rapped over his traditional beats.

Man, I’ll tell you as far as creatively speaking man, there is stuff that is unique and different about every person that is born into this world.

But then again in the East Coast, I think, Tupac, inspired everybody on the East Coast, everybody down south, everybody in the West Coast you know what sayin’.

Rock fans are pretty fickle, too, you know.