I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else.

I don’t care about being stick-thin. I don’t want stuff to jiggle. Really skinny actresses make me hungry — I see them and think 'Honey, you need to eat!' I’m lucky I don’t have to live like that. I feel my best when I’m a toned, not flabby, size 8. Women come up to me and say, ‘You’re beautiful and confident, and that makes me feel I can be, too.’

Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented.

Miranda Lambert! She not only has amazing music, but she is an awesome role model for females and rescues lots of animals!

You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can. I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am.

Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.

I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song.