Quote

For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life.

The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.

It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time.

I'm treating country music like it's a sport. I'm looking at where my competition is and realized I needed to work on my songwriting.

I always play songs that are very based in folk music.

With a good melody... music gets me through everything.

I'd experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I'd written and recorded, but something wasn't quite right.

I always wanted the world to hear my music, but I didn't know how I was gonna go about it.

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

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