Any business you go into, you have to think about how much money you are willing to put into it, and how much you are not.

Well, I do listen to God for direction, but I really don't have time to listen to other artists all that much.

I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.

There's a lot of women now with a whole lot of style but they are not necessarily song stylists. Some of their style is a lot like me and a lot of people sound a lot alike - you can't tell them apart.

I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

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