I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

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

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 also love real estate and decorating.

I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention.

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.