I try to stay positive. My faith is very important to me, so any time where I do feel like where, you know, I know that the industry can get to people.  I know that it can be overwhelming because at certain points in your career people tend to only care about your career and your whole existence becomes your job. And sometimes it can be hard for people to separate themselves from that. Like people who are really, really famous, they don’t really have places where they can just escape to where no one knows them.

I’m kind of fortunate at this point in my career where I’m not really, really famous, so I can still go places and people don’t know who I am. I think it’s important to surround yourself with good people and to always have that foundation so that when you walk in a room they ask other questions like, “Do you want to talk about politics?  Do you want to talk about religion?  Would you like to talk about the weather?”  You know, just things that don’t necessarily pertain to the job that you do, because for we’re on set, 13 hours when you’re performing and you’re on tour, and you’re having all these interviews.  You’re constantly exposed to speaking about your career. Having people around you that don’t necessarily ask you those same questions I think is important.

And I have my family. My family’s amazing. I’m very blessed.  And my faith. Like when I’m having a tough day I just pray about it, or I have this book called 100 Favorite Bible Verses - every time I open that it turns to one that pertains to whatever I’m going through that day.

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