I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline.

It's for balance, if you want to do that. But the truth is that we all know how we're supposed to eat. And so if you have fried chicken and mashed potatoes and white gravy, then the next day you have, like a grape and you're totally evened out and you're good.

People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.

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 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.

When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.