I felt like my favorite writers have almost musical hooks in their work, whether it's poetry or a hook at the end of a chapter that makes you want to read the next one. And I think that my favorite writers definitely have something musical about what they do, in saying something so relatable and universal and so simple.

It never mattered to me that people in school didn't think that country music was cool, and they made fun of me for it - though it did matter to me that I was not wearing the clothes that everybody was wearing at that moment. But at some point, I was just like, 'I like wearing sundresses and cowboy boots.'

There are two ways you can go with pain: You can let it destroy you or you can use it as fuel to drive you.

I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.

My parents moved across the country so I could pursue a dream.

I'm not opposed to falling in love.

There are certain people who elicit a really passionate response. It's crazy. That's my Alexander Wang theory.