I don't have any regrets at all.

I don't really have any ditties left in me anymore.

I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.

I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.

I was always in a big hurry to do everything. Before I was 20, I was married twice and had two kids. But I don't regret any of it. I learned a lot about myself. I had a lot to say for someone my age, real early on.

My mother has always been open about all kinds of music and entertainment. She wanted us to see that it was not just country music and the Grand Ole Opry.