Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.

Even though I like looking good - don't get me wrong - but if I don't want to, I don't have to.

They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.

I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

Sometimes when you're in a more fast-paced place, with more to see and do, you miss out on things like nature and beautiful, God-made things. They call it "God's country"!

Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.

I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isnt a song that I need to sing.

As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.

The point is to raise your voice and be heard to God. You really are just celebrating being in the presence of other people that believe the same things you believe.

I mean, roots musicians - we can get old, you know? We can get up there and wear overalls and deliver the songs, we don't have to look any certain way.

Have the courage

I was unrecognizable even to family. When Kim saw me she yelled, " That's not Amy!" Just before she passed out.

You are born to shine.Carry your light everywhere you go.

I like characters who don't change, who don't learn from their mistakes.

God cares about you and your needs. Bring them to Him in a spirit of worship and thanksgiving, knowing that He is mindful of your place in His creation.

We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.

I fear, as any daughter would, losing myself back into the mother.

The ideas of things intellectually known pass into the substance of the intellect much more than do foods into the substance of the body.

Incense. Books. Just weird.

This is still true with auditions - you have to forget about them immediately. You have to put them out of your head, otherwise you're going to drive yourself crazy.