As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble.

You have to grow up, start paying the rent and have your heart broken before you understand country.

I do feel a little embarrassed and ashamed that I was sort of saying, "Oh, yes, I used to do country music, but I didn't inhale." Which is not true at all. I inhaled the hell out of country music.

I think everyone's voice is unique. Although sometimes when you listen to the radio, it makes you wonder.

I love singing. The joy of singing live - I don't think I will ever stop that.

A good song deals with the human condition, and the truth of the human condition.

I get a lot of sleep on the bus. I bring two dogs with me, who keep me grounded. I guess that's just in my soul. It's good to know that you're good at something.