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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.

I wrote a lot of 'Driving on the Rim' by giving myself the gift of being just as eccentric as I felt like.

When I'm actually getting off the bus, I still have my gospel playing. That's the way-to-the-game kind of music.

Being on the road is a great habitat for creating new music because there's so many different experiences.

When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road.

I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.

You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road.

I was working like a dog as a housekeeper, barista, nanny, cook, so I could save enough money to really sit with my instruments. Whenever I had 20 minutes, I would practice a new chord or write a new verse.

The road hasn't always been paved for me. People identify with that. Everybody passes through hard times, and I think that's part of my appeal - that I have, too.

For me, in songwriting, I have a route I can take. Maybe there's some forks, I can go this way, this way. But I know those roads. I still have the experience behind me.