"I grew up listening to Frank Sinatra, riding in the car with my grandpa, and I was just intrigued by it."

"From day one when you're singing, you're dreaming about making that first album and making your break into whatever music you want to break into."

"I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music."

"Making an album is a long process, but it's a fun process."

"I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have!"

"What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera."