The best advice I've been given is kind of the "dance with the one who brought you" thing. You got here on what you do so don't change that.
I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.
I have a huge chip on my shoulder.
I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.
As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.
When I first started, you could go to a college campus and it was not cool to wear a country artist's shirt on campus. It was taboo, and there was a stigma involved. In the time from then till now, I'm amazed at how much things have changed. It's young now, it's cool, it's hip