All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.

I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.

I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible.