“I was born into a family that was already full of music. I was given a mandolin when I was too small to play guitar and remember strumming and singing with my dad by the time I could talk. Through the years music has become my everything. The only way I can get out how I feel, sometimes is to put it to a key and make it rhyme. It’s where I can hide or be the center of the world. Music is life.” —Matt Bateman