I think I have a good head on my shoulders.
I was five years old, onstage singing 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' - a rock version - and I was always wanting to entertain. But the biggest thing for me is just country music has helped me get through the worst times of my life and the best times of my life. I want to give that back to people.
My mom wanted to be a country singer, too, so country was always being played. And my girlfriends and I used to go to concerts, like Brad Paisley, in middle school and high school.
I'm kind of a gypsy, so I love living out of a suitcase and going from place to place meeting people.
I would love to do a duet with Tim McGraw. I think that would be fun.
I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.
I have to thank country radio for believing in me.
L.A. was never me. Nashville is my home.
