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.

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

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

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.

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."

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.

In this world, you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings.