The way I look at love is you have to follow it, and fall hard, if you fall hard. You have to forget about what everyone else thinks. It has to be an us-against-the-world mentality. You have to make it work by prioritizing it, and by falling in love really fast, without thinking too hard. If I think too hard about a relationship I'll talk myself out of it. I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

The longer you're with the wrong person, you could be completely overlooking the chance to meet the right person.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

The Moment I Knew" "was a song about my 21st birthday party, which was the worst experience ever.

I've never been fascinated by the party lifestyle. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do.

(Talking about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)I can remember her singing, the thrill of it," she said. "She was one of my first inspirations.The people around me provided all the inspiration I needed. Everything I wrote (at that time) came from that experience, what I observed happening around me.