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I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

I have fun when I'm making music, and I want people to have fun when they listen to it.

I'm interested in exploring various forms of newer media that might allow those who otherwise don't listen to country to find and connect with my music.

The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.

I want people to listen to my music and everyone to feel included, and I think it's kind of working because all my audiences are always so colorful.

I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Anne Murray - if I hear something really great... I want to be a part of it.

As much as I'd like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar people in the heart of America, my audience is basically, in the States, an NPR audience. I play college towns in the summer because that's who comes to see me.

My music lives because of real players.

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

I don't really believe in genres. I don't want people to have any preconceptions about me. I want the first impression to be the music.