Everybody needs somebody sometimes.

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.

The world is getting so reality-driven these days. It seems to be accelerating exponentially. But it's a dangerous game for a lot of people.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

I've always been a pretty private, quiet kind of person and so I haven't had to change my life really at all, I don't think.

Red carpets are pretty unpredictable. You can go from one person asking you what you're wearing to the next person asking you about the situation in Haiti. It's the extreme juxtaposition, and some of the questions can throw me!

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