The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit.

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.

Give me songs to sing and emerald dreams to dream and I'll give you love unfolding.

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it.

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.