I hate parameters. They immediately alienate a bunch of people.

A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.

Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.

Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood.

I've always been one of those people - once I start something, I have to get it all out, because it gets me.

I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.