I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

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.

As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.

It's basically a city of songwriters and that's what gives it it's strength, that's what gives it its lasting ability. You've got people making all different kinds of music and that's what attracts me to Nashville as Music City.

It takes a certain amount of courage to let the field lie fallow until you have something to say.

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.