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.

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

The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.

I think it's going to take my whole life to sort of get people to know what my perspective is.

My first solo was in church when I was five.

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

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.