I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?

I think anytime you get nominated for an award, its a very humbling thing.

There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.

I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I was going to let the people whose job it was to decide what places to put it, and let them do that. I'll stick to the singing part.

I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.

I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

I have learned from Twitter that you get that instant feedback about what people think about what you did.