When the audience leaves, I'd like them to feel positive when they go.

I've had the big ups and the big downs.

I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it.

Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.

And I think that we're more of an alternative act in that sense, and that flavor comes across to the audience.

But these days, I get a lot more attention and airplay from the Adult Contemporary and country radio stations, and I feel comfortable saying I'm a part of that.

I like the big ups. I'm into the big ups.