I catch as much hell from the hard-core conservative people as I do the far left. The only difference is that the far right don't bring the hate to the table that the far left does. And that's my party. They just deal in so much hate. I mean the far left, not the Democrats, the far left really deal in hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.

My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8, and started trying to write songs as a teenager.

I've written 90 percent of the songs in my career, on all my albums.

Somebody said they seen her heading out of town, now she ran away with a rodeo clown.

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

Somebody's sexual preference is, like, who cares?

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.