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.
Sting I've seen a few times, and he really inspired me in the sense that he breaks the songs down a lot and will take a different approach. He'll take an acoustic approach to them; he'll rearrange them for the live stage.
It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.
My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star.
I have my own opinions, but my songs don't share them.
It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.
I wanted to do a summary of my life and career. There’s been so many different looks, and so many types of songs that have become iconic, so it was just kind of fun to look back on everything