I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that’s truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in ‘making’ a good album, to be honest, I’d love to have a hit record.

I’d like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.

I’ve learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that’s why my sound has become a little more pop.

I think I’m no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.

I’ve saved every dime I’ve made in my life.

I’m very much a traditionalist, but I think it’s important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.

It’s a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It’s an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I’m a contender!

I am a gay, Christian, farm girl from Kansas who sang Country Music and I did the very best I could do – to know God and to share God.

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God’s creatures are.

As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn’t achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay.