Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

I also love real estate and decorating.

Never underestimate a determined woman!

The agony of the empath is feeling their pain but being unable to save them from it.

When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward.

You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close.

Nobody can make anybody be someone he or she doesn't want to be.

A man must rise by his own efforts and walk by faith.

It is precisely the way which is productive - this is the essential thing; becoming is more important than being.

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.