A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good.
I try to keep myself busy. I always hang out with my family and friends and my dogs. Go to the beach. Go swimming. Go get exercise. Go on a hike.
I pay attention to how I look but I don't let it go too far.
Be happy and comfortable with who you are, whoever it may be.
And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.
When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.