I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's always based on what is right for the song.

[I] try to do both because the writing for me, to be a new artist, the writing is gonna pay the bills.

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter.

Never settle for anything less than you want.

I don't like things to be handed to me on a plate; that means nothing. I like to go through layers of unraveling and every time I listen to something, it makes me feel something different. Now I'm aware of the conflict that's going on, but at the time I just let what was happening happen.

In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like, "Okay, well I want to be a songwriter," 'cause it was like close to Nashville.

It [ "Not For Long"] was the biggest song that I've had, and I actually heard it on the radio multiple times.