You need to be happy with who you are and, whoever that is, let your little light shine.

In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the way it sounds - and throw on a T-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy.

I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.

I'm always going to live in Texas. Texas is my home - it'll be my home forever.

I was in a very dark place for a long time. It's just so hard to have normalcy.