I'm glad I took that time to work really hard on the music. I feel the effects of that now in a positive way with my connection with the audience.

It's tough enough to have a relationship, and it hurts enough to have it not work.

I work hard but I play hard.

I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.

Southern girls are God's gift to the entire male population. There is absolutely no woman finer than one raised below the mason-dixon line and once you go southern may the good Lord help you - you never go back

My mind is constantly going. For me to completely relax, I gotta get rid of my cell phone.

I took a complete year off the road, but a big part of that year was making 'The Big Revival.' I needed that down time just so I could concentrate. The one thing that starts it all for us is the music. That's what you create in the studio. That's where the magic happens.