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.

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.

I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to.

What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are trying to develop their own uniqueness.

Country Music is great music because it really comes from real life experiences. It is such a great haven for reality.

I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin.