I was never a boy magnet at school. There was always the girl all the guys liked and wanted to date, but it was never me.

I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.

I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.

But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have ot believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That's why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS.

I'm intrigued and drawn to people who know exactly who they are, who know what they want, who live life on their own terms.

You never imagine that when you say hello to someone and you fall in love, that some day you'll have to say goodbye.

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.