(Talks about her childhood) I grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Reading, PA. It was the most magical fun childhood. We had grape arbours and we would make jam with my mom. My dad would go to work and he'd come home. He'd clean out stalls and fix split-row fences.

and you come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life saying the right thing at the right time is beyond crucial.

When you strategize a relationship too much, like, "We're not gonna be public about it, and we're gonna say this in interviews," when you think it all out, I think that complicates the relationship and I think that's unfair for the relationship.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.

Everybody has that point in their life where you hit a crossroads and you've had a bunch of bad days and there's different ways you can deal with it and the way I dealt with it was I just turned completely to music.

In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.