Tennessee helps me open up. I'm much more vulnerable there, more willing to talk about anything.

I'm affected by my environment. Los Angeles makes me defensive and wary.

It's only an interim trip. I love the music, but it's really giving me a way in which I can comfortably explore my art.

How many more idols must you find before you realize that you are the one you have been searching for?

I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that.

I always try to give my songs as gifts.

I don't really pay enough attention to what other people are doing.