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

I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.

I actually met Larson [Paine] on Larchmont in Los Angeles. He was eating and he stopped me because I was massaging my larynx. I was doing a show and trying to loosen up my throat. He had sort of this southern vibe about eating alone and talking to people. And it was funny because I had just having eaten with Larry O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin.

There's a responsibility to the story, but there's also the sense of fun you have. When everybody else leaves, you get to continue to create. For me, there's no other way! I really like creating from the ground up.

I think I would rather want to create something new, but I really did enjoy doing that show. It was a really fun show to do.

A lot of the music I listen to is indie rock. It's not on the radio.

What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was Hee Haw, was 360 degrees of entertainment.