Laura Bell Bundy

Hairspray' was a show I was involved in from the very first reading, and I was 19. And, 'Hairspray', was one of my favorite movies growing up.

I am trying so hard to live in the moment and enjoy it while it's happening, because it feels like a moving freight train that I just got on, and I'm trying not to look back and get dizzy!

What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was 'Hee Haw,' was 360 degrees of entertainment.

I've always listened to and loved country music ever since I was a kid.

I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.

It always amazes me when I see young people with raw talent and passion.

I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.

I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?

I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write about things that I am living or experiencing.

My father has a manufacturing company in Kentucky, and he's an electrical engineer. A brilliant man. A brilliant businessman. So he understands the business aspects of my business very well. My dad and I always communicate when I have to negotiate a deal.

I feel really blessed to first of all have the opportunity to do music, and second of all to have it be going well.