I truly believe that when you've found the one you're searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You're better for it.

I don't believe in making a record and rushing it.

A good album can make your day. A great album can change your life.

I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.'

Any time I write a new song, I am jazzed about it for like 24 hours and then I am over it and want to write another one.

Albums are chapters. They're part of a story.

Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story.