Shooter Jennings — American Musician born on May 19, 1979,

Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings is an American singer-songwriter active in the outlaw country music and Southern rock genres, as well as making his first foray into psychedelic rock in 2009. Signed to Universal South Records, Jennings made his debut with the single "4th Of July" of his 2005 album Put the "O" Back in Country, which peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard country charts. Jennings has since followed with five more full length studio albums: Electric Rodeo, The Wolf, Black Ribbons, Family Man, and The Other Life, in addition to a live album, a compilation, and numerous EPs... (wikipedia)

If you are close to your parents or a grandparent, you watch as they get old and you learn so much from that, and it makes you want to learn more while you have time.
All of my records have been very personal, just writing more and more songs, you get better at being able to say what you feel.
I was able to be more reckless and now I still make mistakes, but having kids, you have a responsibility and these little people who are looking up to you for everything.
L.A.'s cool; I had a run with it to where it just pretty much wore me out. I love the weather and I have great friends there, great family, but I really cannot take a lot of the culture. Like Nashville, where everybody's a songwriter, everybody out there is an actor.
Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.