Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around.

It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me.

Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around.

There are peaks and valleys in anything and that is especially true for the music business. It is very inconsistent. But if you are wise, you can let those downs really bring you to another level of your personality.

If I ever did cross over I would like to do it tactfully. I don't want to offend anyone in country. Can you have the best of both worlds? I sure like the idea of it!

Both of my parents were musicians.

I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market.