My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.

To dance is human, to polka is divine.

I like the music. I don't like the business. I get very tired of the travel and moving, constantly moving. But the hour-and-a-half that I'm making music, I'm one of the happiest people on earth.

Country music was a part of my life. Now it isn't. We had a good relationship, really, but we wanted each other at arm's length. The people in Nashville didn't want to be responsible for my looks or my actions. But they sure did like the listeners I brought.

I certainly fall in love with artists. I think that's probably the aspiration of an artist, to make a listener empathize so deeply that they do fall in love with you.

We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.

My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.