It's never been about trying to look well-behaved. It's just how I am. I guess it's a weird thing to be 19 and not ever have been drunk, but for me, it just feels normal because I don't really know any other way. I don't know if I'd be comfortable getting wasted and not knowing what I've said. That doesn't mean when I'm older I won't have a glass of wine. I just don't think it's such a strange thing for me not to be wasted all the time.

Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.

I go back to December, turn around and make it alright I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind I go back to December all the time

I’m beginning to think that you don’t find happiness from living your life looking ahead or back… that you find it when you look around.

I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you.

Be good to people. Be good to every single person you come into contact with. My best friends are great musicians. But more than that, they're great people.

When you see something bad happening out in the world, you should try to help in whatever way you can.