Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

My career always involved being the person in charge of what I was portraying to people. "I never wanted to be an image of something I didn't believe in, an image that somebody else had put together. The idea of that just really scared me, more than the idea of failing.

Words, how little they mean when they are too late.

I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS.

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.

Hendersonville is home because I live there and I work there. But when I come back to Pennsylvania and see the crowds and the landscape, it's such a rush. It just feels like home.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.