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

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.

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

I was an A student and I liked creative writing.

I always want to sing, but I don't always want to be trying to have No. 1 records. I don't think you can do it forever. I don't know what the time span of that is going to be. I want to sing because I want to sing.

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.

It's funny, the whole cooking thing came out of just a random thought of writing a cookbook with my mom and my sister for fun.