I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

Don't judge me by the cover, 'cause I'm a real good book.

A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.

A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!