Being from Texas, acting or music isn't really a thing to do.
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Texas is really special in that we have our own music scene, our own music chart. It's almost a genre on its own. It feels like you can make a great living just touring the state because it's so big, but eventually, I wanted a new challenge.
Music is something I do full-time in real life. I was doing music long before I was even thinking about acting.
In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles.
Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.
I go stay a week in these little towns that don't have an art outlet and... go to the schools and play some of the old Texas music, sort of 'go through the Texas country roots' is what they call it.
The Austin music scene is the reason why so many of them moved here.
Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.
Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me.
In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.
Texas is where I found my musical self.