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When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.

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As soon as I could talk, I was bellowing at the top of my lungs. My parents couldn't get over how weird I sounded - like an old man when I was just a toddler! But no one was gonna shut me up.

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I was working like a dog as a housekeeper, barista, nanny, cook, so I could save enough money to really sit with my instruments. Whenever I had 20 minutes, I would practice a new chord or write a new verse.

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If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right then and there.

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

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When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.

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One day, when we were coming back from school, we saw this big cloud of smoke coming up, and all these fire-trucks in the yard. The garage was burning down. I was 14, and we'd lost everything.

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When you listen to my music, you hear that there are all these voices going on in different parts of the song. That's because I was always around so many voices in church.

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When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet. I promised him I'd learn to play it, but I never did. Then my grandfather died, and I felt so guilty. So I started playing.

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I paid my dues. I have crawled to gigs. I have served people coffee. I worked hard selling all these records out the back of my car. Girl, I'm ready to sell one the real way now.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: January 10th, 1982

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