I like myself better when I’m writing regularly. … I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. … I’m a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That’s what we do. Something that you can slow dance to…I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. … Most of the stuff I’ve read about me has been true.
