"I've always seen myself as sort of this funky, eclectic artist."

"After so many changes, I realized I'd better cling to my own family and to what I've got right here."

"But it's just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home."

"Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there - it's such a special place - and because of the experiences I had there, I've become the person I am today."

"I've been playing swing chords for a long time."

"The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers."

"My first solo was in church when I was five."

"I'm definitely not ready to move into something else. I'm having so much fun."

"After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for."

"I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards."

"My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time."

"Country has been a wonderful outlet for me."

"I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right."

"For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating."

"I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with."

"I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album."

"It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you."

"Meeting Chet was a life changing moment for me."

"One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story."

"I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly."

"I think it's going to take my whole life to sort of get people to know what my perspective is."