I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that's truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in 'making' a good album, to be honest, I'd love to have a hit record!

I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop.

As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay.

I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that's truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in 'making' a good album, to be honest, I'd love to have a hit record!

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.