Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with it.
Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.
When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.
I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.
Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it.
Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.
I enjoyed working at McDonald's.
It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique.
There was a time when I was - after my very first record from Nashville, I thought I might not be one of those who actually really makes it, and I may end up back in Canada, just playing clubs. And that might - this might have just been it.
The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.
For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.
You can't just turn love on and off.
I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing.
I don't want someone photographing my cellulite - I can't take it!
I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely.
I played a lot of football when I was younger. I'm a good receiver, actually.
My life revolves around my child's routine.
I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.
I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.
I feel like in a way I'm starting over, with everything.
