My mom and I have always been really close. She’s always been the friend that was always there.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you.

I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.

If you have something about yourself that's different, you're lucky. It's not a curse.

I could get drunk and run around Nashville naked. But I won't because I want to set a good example for my fans. I think they deserve to have a role model.

When we're falling in love or out of it, that's when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I'm very happy to do that.

Here I was again tonight forcing laughter, faking smiles Same old tired, lonely place