I guess if you don't jump, you'll never know if you can fly.

You have a career, and you start as a business person. And you work your way, you reach this peak, and you know the time's going to come when you go back down.

Country music is different because we [musicians] are all actually happy for each other. We're all friends. It's a little family. So if you don't win [an award], usually one of your friends does. So it's kind of a cool thing. I think it's the only genre of music to have that camaraderie.

I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song.

When your roots grow out and things go south, go back to the salon

I think the unconditional love you get from an animal, especially a dog, is better than anything else.

I learned a lot about my audience and about myself as a performer, what I like to do live.