I do love country music.

I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.

Country music is important to me and I love it but it's not my whole life.

Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive even the smallest task in music is so absorbing and carries us so far away from town country earth and all worldly things that it is truly a blessed gift of God.

I don't like to be labeled to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music but it's counter-productive.

Country music is three chords and the truth.

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.

I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods forests fields lakes mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm into bands that have both aspects like Boards of Canada is a perfect example. You could listen to that type of music running through a woods. It's kind of what I wanted to achieve.

I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.