Playing in an independent rock band will eventually make you equal parts truck driver, gladiator and mule. Glamour is for those with trust funds.

All I want to do is sing on other people's records.

Being the boss of your own career, you get used to having veto power and getting what you want, or as close to what you want as you have mapped out.

Rich kids who write songs about food stamps always piss me off. I'm not going to write any songs about that, either.

I remember people would talk about Country Music like it was this sexist, lame thing. Well, no, because Dolly Parton is writing songs and playing her guitar and producing. She's doing it all and she's got hits on the radio.

I like to think that I'm not old yet.

We don’t need more ‘What if the mother is going to die’ debated, we need ‘I had an abortion because I was not ready to be a mother. It was my choice and my right. I own it. Back the f@#( up.