"A secret gets bigger and nastier the longer you don't talk about it." — Ashley McBryde

Everything I ever needed came out of a radio and a dashboard. My Mount Rushmore of what was cool came out of a radio - Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, Mark Chesnutt.

I have a big love for jazz music. The only thing I hated about singing with a jazz band was having to wear a gown to everything.

I was four days old when I went to my first bluegrass festival.

I keep a $2 bill rolled up in every pair of boots I own because one time, an older guy came up to me at a farmer's market I was playing in Memphis, handed me a $2 bill, and said, 'Stick this in your boot.' And when I stood back up, he handed me a $100 bill and said, 'Thanks for listening to me. Stick this in your pocket.'

Every 'no' I ever received was an inch closer to a 'yes.'

In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.'

There's always going to be people that say you're a sellout - anyone who knew you back when or who wants to begrudge you for having success. That's OK. Their opinion of me, and the box they want to put me in, is just simply none of my business.

In college, I was able to be the vocalist for the jazz band at Arkansas State.

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A secret gets bigger and nastier the longer you don't talk about it.