I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

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

If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.

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.

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 recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.