Let me get a big 'hell yeah' from the redneck girls like me, hell yeah.

All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education.

It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to hearing my name being mentioned alongside all these other legendary artists that have come before me.

People ask me where I go to get away and I say, 'home'

I think music can heal your soul if you'll let it. It can also bring you up if you're down. It can also bring you down if you're too up. It's a mood thing.

I don't really think about having had a hard life. It was just my life, and it's all I knew. It made me who I am - all the good and bad - and it's where all of the songs on Here For The Party came from. I've lived them all.