I used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.

A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!