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 a lot of murder ballads out there, but most of them are about killing the woman. I was like, "We've gotta turn this around!"

As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.

I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.

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.

I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.

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.