Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

My grandpa was a preacher.

I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

If there's something you know and there's something you feel, but you can't quite express it, you will hear it somewhere. And you don't have to worry, because someone will get it sung out.

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.