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.

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 grew up listening to everything, and when I got signed to a record deal out of Nashville, that was my introduction to what was happening in country music.

So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.

We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.

A dreamer born is a hero bred.

It's a pretty frantic world that we live in