When you live in a lot of places, you can't help but have them become part of you. Technically, I am a Southerner, but I did not grow up in the South….

I like driving. I'm a real sucker for driving across North America - I never get sick of it, ever..

I have a pathological fear of getting my picture taken..

I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints or wo….

I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently..

The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight. The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You..

It's like sometimes, you can just lay back and it takes the pressure off of you..

People get strange about whether you've written your own songs, which seems really stupid considering that, especially in Country Music, it's about o….

You're not supposed to totally know what's happening. The songs are supposed to give you clues so you can fill in the blanks..

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock..

I know that I can sing really loud. It's like having that really big Evinrude engine on the back of your fishing boat. But I've been trying to be mor….

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and y….

We shouldn't censor ourselves based on the weak idea of "looking cool." It's such a waste of potential awesomeness..

Around 2010, I kind of looked up and said, I'm 40 years old. You know, I chose music. I don't have a husband. I don't have any kids. Like, I chose mu….

I always end up working with people that do a really good job, so I'm the only one that I'm worried about disappointing me, not the musicians ever..

If you want to be noticed as a drop of water, why would you move to the ocean?.

If I could ever be on a Missy Elliott record, I could then die. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige - I love hearing them interviewed, I love the way they t….

I try to think of the songs as little movies. They're always pretty visual to me. I can always sort of see them. I don't always know what the end res….

Playing in an independent rock band will eventually make you equal parts truck driver, gladiator and mule. Glamour is for those with trust funds..

I'm too small for the universe to revolve around me. It is a huge relief!.

We don’t need more ‘What if the mother is going to die’ debated, we need ‘I had an abortion because I was not ready to be a mother. It was my choice ….