It's hard either way, at home or on the bus, I think the hardest thing probably for me is going one second from being mom to right out on the stage and having to be that person too. It's hard to switch gears.

But I just love that music scene so much, and I enjoy really being around those artists and watching them even more than I do performing, because they are a whole group of people that do it because they love music.

When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are

I think a lot of it had to do with, you know, I was always a daddy's girl. I was always wanting to please him, and I think he was pleased when he'd walk past my room and I was listening to those records.

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.

Never settle for the path of least resistance