All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.

I felt like a sinful person when I dated men and allowed them to feel for me in a way I knew I could never naturally feel for them. That felt wrong and a lie.