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 never listened to country music growing up.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

Nashville has a formula, and it works a lot of the time, but it wasn't right for me. They're afraid to step outside the box - even though, with me, my success came because I was outside of the box to begin with.

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

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

I never excluded any genre on my first record.