If someone gets married at 15, they're either dumb or pregnant. I was both.

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.

If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.

I've always been one of those people - once I start something, I have to get it all out, because it gets me.

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.

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