You Have To Work Hard,

People Say I Look So Happy - And I Say, 'that's The Botox.'

Truth Is, I Wouldn't Know A Gigabyte From A Snakebite.

I Can't Keep Somebody From Being A Star, And I Can't Make Somebody A Star, And Nobody Can.

Most Country Songs, Certainly All The Stuff I've Written, Are Stories Driven By Characters.

I Feel Fortunate That I've Had A Lot Of Songs Recorded By Other People, Because I Take My Songwriting Very Seriously. It's Only Those People That Have Followed Me Over The Years And Really Know My Work That Know How Serious I Am About All Of It - Including The Way I Look. You Can't Take My High Heels From Me, You Can't Have My Long Fingernails, You Can't Take All This Hair From Me, Because It's Part Of This Thing That I've Become. I Wouldn't Want To Give Any Of It Up. Do I Have To Be Ugly To Be A Songwriter? This Is The Way I Am, And It's What I Choose To Be.