am . I ’ ve had a very nomadic experience , and have been able to travel a lot , even before my musical career took off . I ’ ve been to New Zealand , Austria , other parts of Europe , Mexico , and all over the states , but home is still home .
WE : I do my homework , and I ’ ve been told , by some people who know you well , that you were quite the athlete too , lettering in both football and baseball , and winning a few state titles through the years . Including winning a football state championship your senior year in 2002 , and a pair of state tournament rings for your years on the diamond . What other hobbies were you involved in growing up in rural Alabama ? Did you hunt , fish , and ride ATV ’ s , like so many of us in rural Southern communities grew up doing ?
DW : I did all of that , and I still do when I can . I grew up hunting and fishing , but I have a real kind of specific way that I view hunting . It ’ s not that perceived redneck carrying a shotgun through woods and shooting at anything that comes into view . It ’ s more of a Native American approach of leaving a small footprint and giving back to nature . My grandfather , who was also a Baptist preacher , was a very spiritual man . He passed away when I was 16 , and he had a great impact on how I view what being a real outdoorsman is , and the responsibility that goes along with it . He was very intellectual in his words , but also really smart in how he perceived things . He taught me that what you didn ’ t need or use from the animals you hunted , you gave to someone else who did need it . I remember him explaining to me how the whole ecological system worked , from the worms in the ground to the farmers
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