I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.

I don't compete with other people in the industry, I compete with myself.

I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.

I don't seem to have any real strategy or pattern when it comes to love... At times I've been really guarded and careful and afraid to trust someone. But other times, you want to jump in headfirst. I've had moments of thinking, this is who I love and I don't care what anyone says. Those moments are beautiful and wild and exciting, but I've learned that those moments can end up hurting you in the end. I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.

Love is the one wild card.

Be friends first when you're dating. If it turns into something more, that's awesome, and if not you have another friend.

When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.