The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name; it's beautiful, wonderful, don't you ever change.

There's so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it's reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She's been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.

I leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that would stifle you creatively. If you think too hard about who other people want you to be as an artist, it stops you from being who you want to be as an artist.

I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.

I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.

Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you.

I'm a Sagittarius, and one of our major qualities is that we're blindly optimistic.