I never sing a song more than twice because my fear of waning excitement for a piece is part of my troubles. I so rely on vibe, energy and emotions that the technical part occurs to me last.

Now I can make a thousand dollars a night at a club.

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.

I was raised in South Alabama in the woods, y'know? I'm country.

I was singing before I could talk.

What is happy? I think happy's in the moment. I don't think everybody can be happy all the time.

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.