I've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old.

Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.

I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time.

My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother.

I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs.

New York has always had a love for Southern artists. There's no place else that makes me feel like the city does. I just love the immediate nature of the city, you can get whatever you want whenever you want it and do whatever you want whenever you want to.