A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.

I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.

I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.

I don't really think you can ever stop making new friends or learning about as many new things as possible.

So many girls come up and say to me, 'I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed.' That's the coolest compliment to me.

All those emotions spanning from intense love, intense frustration, intense jealously, all those feelings are red.

When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.