Tonight in Nashville, feels like a November flashback to spring. After moving between California's smoke and New York's chill these last few weeks, the south is a welcome home with open arms ( Read more... )

"In the light of the world, I am one, among a million others, looking up at the vast skies. I do not know where I'm headed so I count on what I see. It is in that where I come to know of weariness, from with and without the understanding. To be often swayed by it, is almost the same as to be often swayed by infatuation. My senses are constantly ( Read more... )

When I was in Kindergarten, I used to carry old record albums to school for Show and Tell and when the kids would dance around to the music, I'd get frustrated and upset because they wouldn't sit down to really listen to the music and lyrics ( Read more... )

From Breakfast of Champions
"Every time you went into the library," said the book, "the Creator of the Universe held His breath. With such a higgledy-piggledy cultural smorgasbord before you, what would you, with your free will, choose?"
~Kurt Vonnegut~Back in New York ( Read more... )

I was talking to my best friend, Daru, on the phone earlier. It's been awhile since we hung out and it's weird, especially after being together almost 24 hours a day for the past year. She's in New York, which is where I'll be in a few days, but I don't know when we'll be able to get together. Since winning the Grammys so much has changed, both ( Read more... )

Here in North Carolina there isn't alot to see as far as basic attractions go, but I like smaller towns and I blend okay still, just about anyone does in a place no one expects them to be ( Read more... )

I've slept a lot of the last few days and have been up all night. They're normal hours for me when I’m touring, but not so much now during the time off. Although nothing else is normal, not anymore, so why should that be ( Read more... )

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one

Life throws you a lot of unexpected twists
The only real choice is to simply go with the flow
And to try not to let the twists make you forget where you were originally going
Or where you are originally from.
I'm from Texas and like the very talented and brave Natalie Maines, I'm ashamed that man in the White House is from there too.*The world ( Read more... )

It's been a crazy few weeks since the Grammys and that's my excuse for not being around. I can't believe how many people suddenly want to talk to me ( Read more... )