Perhaps the most painful song on the album is Childless: "I got a big house, got a new car, the very best clothes, a fully stocked bar. My parents, my friends are proud as can be. I dug in my heels and accomplished my dreams....Yeah, I have it all but I'm childless." Says Knox, "The songs that most people relate to are the ones where I put myself out there and admit to being vulnerable or lied to. I try to write from my heart what I'm going through at the time. I try to write what I feel. Women will say to me, 'You sang my life.' "

With $1,500 in her pocket and not a friend in town, Knox moved to Nashville at age 24 to pursue songwriting. Three years later, she had her first cut. In 1986, the Marcy Brothers recorded You're Not Even Cryin' and that followed with Reba McEntire cutting He Wants to Get Married in 1992

Knox's big break came in 1993, when Dionne Warwick released Where My Lips Have Been as a single and McEntire recorded Knox's Does He Love You as a duet with Linda Davis. The song spent three weeks atop Billboard's Country Charts, going to #1, received a Grammy nomination for Country song of the year and garnered a Grammy for Reba McEntire and Linda Davis for Vocal Event of the Year. In 1994, it also took a CMA Award for Vocal Event of the Year, and received four nominations at the Academy of Country Music Awards. It has since been recorded as a duet by Liza Minnelli and Donna Summers and as a solo single for Patti Labelle, produced by David Foster, on her Flame CD. In addition, Neil Diamond recently recorded Knox's Like You Do on his Tennessee Moon album.

Knox's accomplishments have also earned her a spot in the list of "1000 Women We Admire" in Mirabella, a national women's magazine, in June of 1994. She has also served on the board of NSAI (National Songwriter Association International) for five years. In addition, Sandy has also recieved Pop and Country awards from ASCAP and NSAI. She currently resides in Austin, Texas, where she teaches a class in Professional Songwriting at the University Of Texas Informal Classes.

"I recorded this album myself, because I didn't want anyone telling me what I could and couldn't sing," the stunning blonde says. "If I wanted to record this for most companies they would have said several of the songs were too harsh. I've had people tell me to drop the 'Pushing 40' part of the title, but I absolutely refused. This is an album for Sandy Knox."

And for anyone else who has truly lived. Sandy Knox is an American Original.