You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.

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

Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.

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

God forgives somehow we have yet to learn the same.

Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?