I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member