Country seems to be finding a bigger audience. Certainly an audience out of the general country scene is finding me.

From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down.

I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.

It's something I've always loved doing. I'm not one of the artists who comes in and just does my bit. I'm there every second of every day. That's my hands-on situation.

It's not the case of turning in a bunch of songs and recording the next month. I think you're looking for songs all year long and you're writing all year long.

If I knew what I was doing, I'd be doing it right now. I would be the best damn poet, silver words out of my mouth. My words might not be magic, but they cut straight to the truth. So if you need a lover and a friend, baby, I'm in.

I've never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.