That's my real dad walking me down the fake aisle. >> is it really? who's the skunk? >> you know, just another one. my parents were private investigators. >> i'm going to get to that. >> well, that's where i think the cheating -- the love for cheating songs started. i had to deal with it in real life. >> i'm going to ask you, do you know heartbreak firsthand? and if so, does writing about it make it easier to deal with? >> yeah. i think everybody knows it at some point. i started writing songs at 17, and i hadn't really had my heart good and crushed yet, as far as songwriting material. but as ...