Rob Thomas – The reluctant rock star who wrote his way to freedom

By 2004, Rob Thomas was already a household name. As the frontman of Matchbox Twenty, he had spent the late ‘90s and early 2000s soundtracking road trips, heartbreaks and late-night radio moments. But behind the polished hits and stadium crowds was a songwriter who still saw himself as the slightly awkward kid who found his superpower at a piano.