I think everybody has different priorities in their life. People live their lives differently. People become famous through all sorts of different reasons... some of it through art and some of it through just wanting to be famous. And I think how that all starts tends to reflect how you live your life daily.

I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.

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 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.

You go through life experiences. Each record captures a different turning point in my life.

Take your records, take you freedom, take your memories, I dont need 'em. And take your cat, and leave my sweater, cause we've got nothing left to weather.

At the end of the day, the Grammys are about recognizing genres that are making an impact.