The respondent believes that federally managed public lands are an invaluable asset that should remain public unless an existential crisis demands their use for extraction.

“If we were to wind up in some national emer like we're wind in an existential crisis as a country and we needed to utilize some of these lands for extraction or whatever like we were in an existential crisis like a World War II scale crisis for resources. I think you'd have a very different receptio”

He finds the experience of being on tour with people who enjoy joking and collaborating on refining their stories to be similar to being back on a school bus as a high school athlete.

“And I feel like I've said this a couple times. I feel like I'm back on the on the school bus playing high school football where we just, you know, go around every day and we we, you know, talk about and and I I also think like we're taking the performance aspect very seriously.”

He recognizes the significant impact their words have on their audience, leading him to be more careful and mindful about the sincerity of his statements.

“It makes me think how impactful your words can be and that how serious a lot of folks take what you're saying, you know, and and that's why I'm so careful. And not that I would have been reckless at any point about what I was saying, but I'm so mindful of what I say now about”

Living in Florida as a child did not offer a traditional deer hunting experience due to the small size of the local deer population.

“I didn't do it too much down there. >> Yeah. >> Just cuz the deer like the size of Jack Russells. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> They're just tiny.”