My family and my friends are most important to me. These people are my foundation.

My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime

I don't want to sound like a Hallmark card, but to be able to wake up each day with food and shelter, that alone is good. Forget aging and the fact that my butt is becoming a little more familiar with my knees than my tailbone. If you are six feet above ground it's a good day. So, give me more!

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.

I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.

I'm very competitive but in a very nice way

There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I was just simply lost. I didn't know who I was; I didn't know really what I was doing here. I was meant to be a singer, but I just felt lost. That's when I went on the search for my birth family.