'm the inspiration for picking it up off the floor after it fell off the stool and figuring out a way to make it still work.

It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.

There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.

I was an A student and I liked creative writing.

Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.