I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.

A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out.

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

It never mattered to me that people in school didn't think that country music was cool, and they made fun of me for it - though it did matter to me that I was not wearing the clothes that everybody was wearing at that moment. But at some point, I was just like, 'I like wearing sundresses and cowboy boots.'

I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

Keeping your emotions all locked up is something that’s unfair to you. When you clearly know how you feel. You should say it.

If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.