You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.

When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your production style to be.

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

Being a creative person. It's so much more rewarding when you find things on your own, to live whatever the writers are writing or to display what the director is looking for. You are the thing that everybody uses to get the story out.

I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.

It always amazes me when I see young people with raw talent and passion.

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.