I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they'll move forward too.
I hope my fans will grow with me. I want to be like Michael Jackson: 5-year-olds love his music, and 75-year-olds love his music.
If you're a music fan, you think these artists will be here forever, but you should enjoy them while they're here, because you never know what will happen.
Obviously, fans are the beginning and end for any artist. The minute your fans embrace you and accept you, you begin this ride of being in music and having a career doing something you love. You get to go be a kid and live out your dreams by performing music for fans who come out to your shows.
If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.
I've gone through many phases in music in my life. Before I was signed, I was making completely different music, and my fan base has followed me. They continue to follow me as the music progresses and as I grow as an artist. As long as I stay true and don't pretend to be someone I'm not, I hope they'll come along with it.
But at the age of 44, I sure hope to be a better businesswoman. I want to get the music straight to my fans.
Right now, I've never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we're all on the same page about culture, music and life.
I definitely want my fans to know that I'm here to stay, and I'm going to continue to give them hot music.
I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.