When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling.

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

The joy of being in the studio is having people being utterly free to throw out their ideas.

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world- Can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby

About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas.

I think on a stage in front of thousands of people is a wildly invigorating and amazing experience, and it requires a certain skill set; then being in the studio, and being curled up in the fetal position under the piano, that requires another skill set.

The bedrock thing of country music is, it's about storytelling. I feel like I was able to find a niche because I connected to that in some way.