My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.

One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.

A small venue is so much more intimate and loose. You can actually be more spontaneous, I feel.

After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.

I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album.

I'm a real Suzy Homemaker.

I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards.