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.

I certainly felt the desire to reach as many people as I could; I wanted to make the most of this opportunity, sure. But I wouldn't call it pressure the way we're thinking of it now.

I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of habit in terms of the way I live.

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

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

When I started out, it was this sense of, "Let's put out a record and see what happens and see where you go and see how you feel and where we can take it." That was a very different world back then.

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.