The teen years are extremely serious and everything matters and every insult really hurts. I know there are cliques and bullying. And you don't yet ­understand that it will all go away.

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

I always think back to my high school days and realize all the people who were so popular then are nowhere now and all the people who were steadfast and steady-going are somewhere. So high school doesn't necessarily translate to later in life.

I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.

I used to think a wedding was a simple affair. Boy and girl meet, they fall in love, he buys a ring, she buys a dress, they say I do. I was wrong. That's getting married. A wedding is an entirely different proposition.

Being on Twitter is like having a fern.

College totally changed my life. It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. I majored in philosophy.