I don't want to be the next anyone. I just want to be me, now. And that means all different things.

Hope is such a powerful thing. We all have hope for different things, but I think sometimes we need to share our hope with other people. We're sometimes in our own issues, and it isolates us, but when we come together and encourage each other and give a little bit of hope, it can, like it says in the song, go a long way.

Surround yourself with friends who only call you a superstar

Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.

People don't listen to one radio station. On iTunes you can mix different worlds and bring country and pop and folk and live music together with a mass audience. I could have sung 'Easy' in a country way but I just sang it how I sing. I think it's a really nice blend.

I bruise easily so be gentle when you handle me.

The common denominator is a love of music.