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.

You know, you want everything you do, obviously, to be a success critically and commercially. But what you find out as you go along is that everything won't.

My first big show was with Tim McGraw and Mark Chesnutt, and that was overwhelming. There was probably 25,000 people there. I was nervous, (but it) was exhilarating.

So it's more the musician in me that makes me stretch out and try different things more than anything. But, like a lot of guitar players, I have one certain niche that's my thing that I'm better at than the others

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 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.

Background vocals during her song "I Hope You Dance" .....'Time is a wheel in constant motion always, rolling us along. Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder, where those years have gone.'