I want the recording process to be a time in my life that I will remember.

I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.

When you live in a lot of places, you can't help but have them become part of you. Technically, I am a Southerner, but I did not grow up in the South. So I'm a Southerner by accident, but a Washingtonian.

The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight. The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.

I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.

I think if you're a lady playing a guitar, other ladies need to see you playing the guitar, and they don't need to see men come out and fix your equipment for you. It just looks incredibly pussy. So I just do it all myself.

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.