How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?

James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.

I think the themes in my songs are very similar from the first album to the newest one. It's all about the human condition and how we are all trying to learn to live with each other and survive love and life.

I love Nashville, and I love the South, but on a professional level, I had started feeling smothered by the Nashville way of doing things.

I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.