1. When did you think about music as a career and what were your first steps into it?
I thought about music seriously when I was 16. I had gone to Nashville right before I graduated high school and that was all it took. It felt like home, and exactly where I should be. I moved there and really found my artistry through songwriting and experiencing life.
2. Best gigs you've been to?
Coldplay, Sarah McLachlan, and Willie Nelson with the Nashville Symphony.
3. Fantasy wedding/birthday party band?
I totally have a crush on Michael Bublé. He could sing his crooner style all night long for me.
4. The record you’d take to a desert island?
Coldplay's A Head Full Of Dreams – I love music that makes me dream.
5. And the book?
The Secret.
6. Top three films?
Amelie, Under The Tuscan Sun and The Holiday – I ended up marrying a Brit.
7. Worst film you’ve seen?
Showgirls.
8. Favourite authors?
CS Lewis, Jane Austin and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
9. Sport you most enjoy and top teams?
I love baseball and hockey. My teams are the Chicago cubs and the Nashville Predators. My grandpa built baseball fields in Iowa. I always felt my life was a field of dreams.
10. Ideal holiday destination?
A cabin in Jackson Hole Wyoming staring at the Teton mountain range is my happy place.
11. Pet hate?
Mean people.
12. What’s your favourite:
Dinner? Baguette fresh out of the oven with cheese to start and ratatouille for the main course.
Dessert? I'm obsessed with French pastry. I would have to say salted caramel macaroons do the trick every time.
Drink? French 75. I love Champagne.
13. Who is your best friend and how do you know each other?
Her name is Sara Kauss. We met five years ago because I noticed her shoes, and we became besties just like that. She's one of the most beautiful souls I've ever met, and has a very successful photography business.
14. Is there a God?
Undoubtedly when I look out into the sky I know there is a God. I know it by the flowers, my beating heart and the stars shining. It's a feeling inside that feels part of me, and inherently part of all of us, I believe.
:: American country singers Sarah Darling, Jenn Bostic and Michael Logen bring A Night In Nashville to Bangor Castle on May 11 and Lisburn's Island Arts Centre on May 12.
