I always wish I'd had more mentors, better mentors, wiser mentors, people who were proper professional working musicians to guide me as I was coming up.

I make no apologies for being a huge fan of radio songs.

I love the beginnings of artists when all they've got is raw talent and nothing else.

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone.

Raw is a good place for an artist. It's where the truth comes out.

Nothing like seeing the genesis of the relationship between an instrument and a child.

My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.