Laura Bell Bundy

“Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.”

“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.”

“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 was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.”

“When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your production style to be.”

“I always have plans to return to the stage. I leave myself very open. I think what would be more likely is if I did a limited run of something, whether it be a play or a musical.”

“I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.”

“A lot of the music I listen to is indie rock. It's not on the radio.”

“'Hairspray' was my first Broadway show. In the meantime, after the show was over, I would go down and do gigs at these clubs that I wasn't even old enough to get into. That continued on, and I think what ended up happening was that I just got these incredible opportunities on Broadway.”

“You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.”

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

“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!”