I got into photography when my kids were little, and I continued talking pictures over the years.

I grew up on the side of the stage. I never had a fear of an audience. I never felt like they were separated from us. We were all in the living room, and it happens to be a big living room. I continue to operate on that assumption.

The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.

There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.

I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.

I do feel I'm responsible to carrying on the music. That's what I was charged with as a kid. When I was a little girl, I was told, 'When we are gone' - when you're a kid, you never think they'll ever be gone - 'you have to keep the music alive, the Carter Family songs, and add your own songs.'