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And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.

I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country music, too. Then, when I moved to Nashville, I put out a very traditional country record because that's just what you do. I had a bunch of very traditional country songs. Next thing you know, you're a country singer.

There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'

I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.

All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

There were a lot of heads turning when people found out I was doing music and when they found out it was country, they were like, 'What?'