I really don’t want a compilation of sounds. I just need them to be songs.

You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.

I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

If they don't like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.

So many girls come up and say to me, 'I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed.' That's the coolest compliment to me.

I've been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it'd be awesome to work with him. He's really kind, and he's been really encouraging when we've met.

Everybody has a list of 100 things they would like to change about themselves. But it's all about focusing on the good things.