Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.

It really has lifted my spirits. It's intensified my faith, given me more hope. That's what music does for me.

I grew up in southeastern Oklahoma on a working cattle ranch, and it was always very romantic to me: The West, the cowboy, the Western way of life.

Watch what you say and do because little eyes are watching you.

I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.

That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs. You do have some almost pop songs in there, but you do have your traditional country, story songs. You have your ballads, your happy songs, your sad songs, your love songs, and your feisty songs.

And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.