I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'

I have been singing randomly, obsessively, obnoxiously for as long as I can remember.

Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny. And wonderful.

I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.