The key to change is to let go of fear.

When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming.

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

If you're playing in a tradition and you have no reference point to it, no understanding and have not studied it, I can't respect that.

"Country" has become a marketing term. I see myself as a songwriter.