I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.

I've always sort of felt a little bit like I was on the road less traveled, so if I come across a story about a person who broke the rules, or did things differently and succeeded, that's really inspiring to me.

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?

I'm inspired by having fun; I'm inspired by people.

I can't take the theater side out of myself.

Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.

I feel really blessed to first of all have the opportunity to do music, and second of all to have it be going well.