I don't mind putting my heart out there for the audience, and for the country music fans... to be vulnerable with them... that's my job as an artist.

As a songwriter or artist, there's only so many ways you can say, 'I love you' or 'I think you're beautiful.'

I'm just like my fans, and that's the way I like it.

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I think, as an artist, part of your job is being aware of what's going on around you and not selling out and not following the trend, which I'm totally against.

I base my track-listing and what songs I pick by what my fans expect from me and what they want and what I think they want.