I stared at the cursor flashing in the empty email sitting in my inbox, then slowly crawled down onto the floor and erupted into tears.
Just two days before that, I had been riding high after an amazing launch…
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Doing what scared me: How Laredo led me to TED.
It’s easy to discount where you come from. But have you ever stopped to think about all the ways you’re stronger because of it?
Where I grew up, nobody was a “full time” artist. It didn’t exist.
I…
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Walking through the front door: The year everything changed at NAMM
How the hell do I do THAT?
I stood dead center of the Cordoba Guitars booth, staring up at an huge poster of a pretty brunette with a classical guitar, sprawled out in the backseat of a convertible. She looked…
My Human Moments
I’m not a rock star.
Rock stars walk with swagger. I knock my teeth on the mic, without fail, at EVERY show. Rock stars jet set around the globe. I babysit 7-year-olds and swipe their chocolate chip cookies when…
The unexpected things I'm grateful for
It’s cute when someone younger than you freaks out about turning a year older. You think, Oh isn’t that adorable, you think you’re old! Well, I’m ancient. So shut your trap or something totally innocuous like that.
I just…
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