When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

I am just what I am, I'm just what you see. So I'll make it easy, I'll stay me.

My path is exactly where I want it to be. I'm doing my thing. I'm getting better with every album.

I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it.

You get weird, funny requests on Twitter. With our fan club, I was seeing a lot of fans were having some issue with the way the fan club tickets were being handled in one of the shows. So I was able to correspond with that fan, and be like, 'Listen, we'll be on it.'

I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.