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

I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.

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.

It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender!

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

I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?