Sometimes, when I come back to Washington from Indiana, I feel like an ambassador to a foreign country.

I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country.

Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don't.

I feel like giving back is in my blood.

The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.

I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.