I've always kind of been in the middle of every room, trying to get people together, no matter what color they were.

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 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.

There are so many different versions of "Tennessee Waltz" and they're all so good.

I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.

When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.

My challenges have not been around music. My hardest thing in music was just sitting down and teaching myself how to play and believing in myself.