I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.

I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about, and she's got everything that I have to live without... He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar, the only one who's got enough of me to break my heart. He's the song in the car I keep singing; don't know why I do.

I've been on tour since I was 16, and I always do meet-and-greets before and after shows, so you kind of build these friendships with people. I have girls come up to me and tell me exactly what's going on in their love lives.

It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.

Given that everyone is giving you their own opinion about him, I think the only opinion you should listen to is yours.

Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes. You say sorry just for show. You live like that, you live with ghosts.

Never regret your past. You have to move on and learn from it.