'Still Writing Songs About You' - that one hits me every time. For some reason, I really feel that song every time we play it. I just love the sound of it, and I feel like everybody probably has that person that they never fully forget or never can get past.

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There's no such thing as a broken heart, and there's no such thing as a Sasquatch.

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I can't imagine being a girl out there on the road. We can throw a hat on and stink. Girls have to do their hair.

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There's something about the West Coast. The air is lighter. The vibe is chill.

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Sometimes you can gauge the excitement of the rest of the band. If I'm bringing a song in and they're excited, then I'll hold on to that one. But there are times where it's like, 'Eh, I don't really like that one,' and we have to send that one on.

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Everyone wants the same thing in this band, so we definitely respect each other. I mean, all of us have had hit songs, so it's a band full of people who really know what they're talking about, so you have to respect that even when you think something you have might be great, and they go, 'Man, it's not as great as you think it is.'

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We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes.

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That's the challenge as a songwriter is that there's only so many things people want to hear about, and relationships is just one of those things.

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It's fun to dress up and look good. And it's fun to try on clothes and wear a different jacket every night. It also helps you on stage to feel like you belong there.

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Fashion is a way to separate yourself - to make a statement about who you are and that you're different.

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I definitely wear a lot of Tom Ford jackets on stage.

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I love art in general - architecture, anything creative.

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We always talk about our kids being a great way to judge whether it's a hit song because there's something very basic about the way they perceive the music that I think needs to be there if it's gonna be a hit.

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There are albums that I listen to religiously just because I'm such a big fan: any Bruce Springsteen album, or old George Strait albums because the songwriting's so strong.

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This goes for our songwriting as well as our success as a band - the minute we stopped chasing what we thought people wanted to hear and started writing things that moved us, that's when people started paying attention.

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There's no shame in being a support act for anyone. It's been extremely beneficial for us to be allowed onstage for any of the artists we've toured with, and we've gotten some big exposure from them sharing their crowds with us in the past.

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When Taylor Swift was first beginning to really take off, a couple of guys I knew in her band called and offered me a job on her tour playing acoustic guitar and singing background vocals, and they thought I would be a really good fit for it.

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The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going through something that we choose to write about.

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The most important thing I can say is to make music that moves you. Don't try and chase what's on the radio or what you think people want to hear.

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In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much.

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We take what we do seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously, and I think that kind of helps us stay focused on what's important - and that is the music, our fans, and our families.

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