Hunter Hayes

“I truly believe that when you've found the one you're searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You're better for it.”

“I'm in my dream world.”

“I grew up in a fun-loving environment - you work hard and play hard.”

“I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.'”

“Yes, I did lock myself in my room for about two years and write some songs and things like that. But I don't feel like I missed out on a whole lot.”

“I'm not a photographer, so I need all the help I can get when it comes to make a picture look cool.”

“I wrote my first song at 6. I spent every day with the guitar, and I just made up songs.”

“My mom makes the best Cajun stuff. I'm a big gumbo guy. I've lost a lot of my Louisiana accent, so now when I say 'gumbo,' I feel like someone who's never said the word before.”

“Unfortunately, I'm more experienced than I care to admit on long-distance relationships. Just because that is my life. I travel because I love to. As a result, I have to sort of make it work when a relationship kind of comes into view.”

“Every time I take a photo, it goes into SnapSeed. Even if it's just a price tag on something, it still goes into SnapSeed, and I start editing it. I'm not a photographer, so I need all the help I can get when it comes to make a picture look cool.”

“I like driving around town and listening to new records.”

“There is a bit of a movement as far as younger people in country music. That is cool because people are saying things like, 'I didn't listen to country music until so-and-so came along.' And I'm like, 'Yeah! Now you know why I love it.'”

“I don't even have a type, I don't think. My type is just whoever can get along with me.”

“Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done.”

“All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.”

“I was addicted to playing music.”

“I am blessed beyond belief.”

“If I could make noise with anything, I was going to.”

“To be the name on somebody's shirt that they've made themselves in preparation for one of your shows - it doesn't get much cooler than that.”

“My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that.”