I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world - You're on this side, I'm on that side; you're a Republican, I'm a Democrat; you're country music, I'm rock music.

Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you're sane.

You can't change people, but most importantly, unless you're their momma, you don't even know what's best for them.

In life, I'm most inspired by entertaining people and driven by the desire to do it by such a powerful force that I think it influences everything I do.

Cousins are forever and forever are cousins they stand by your side for you no matter what.

I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models.

My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.