I take my chances. I can't cling to remorse or regret.

You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.

Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I want to try it again and again, and a lot of times my fellow musicians have to hold me back and say, "Nah, I think we got it."

As far as politically how country music goes, it's true that it's regarded from a distance as a genre of music that at different times, the more right elements of the political spectrum have claimed for their own.

I think topical songwriting is a real gift, and it's hard not to be pedantic and show up with the sledgehammer message.

Everything changes in every genre, whether it's pop, rock or country.