Even though I like looking good - don't get me wrong - but if I don't want to, I don't have to.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

I don't even want to call it God. I just want to call it connecting with something that's greater than I am. So that's the biggest thing from Tennessee - the spirit.

As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.

I mean, roots musicians - we can get old, you know? We can get up there and wear overalls and deliver the songs, we don't have to look any certain way.

Im constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.

Even from when I was in grade school or church or wherever, I was always like: we're one, and we should respect each other and grow as one. And respect each other's diversity, of course.