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I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.

I don't think of my songs as sad songs. I think of them as vulnerable and honest. I crack jokes in between songs, so people don't leave feeling too dark.

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

I think I drift toward sad love songs.

It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in it? That's my favorite.