Darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream.

My favorite thing in the world is telling stories, and most of what I do is telling stories through music.

Sometimes you see these people who are just so—God—so affected by all of it, where ambition has taken precedence over happiness. But when I meet people who really embody this serenity of knowing that they have had an amazing life—James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, and Ethel Kennedy... They just seem to be effervescent.

I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.

Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.

It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.

When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they're part of a family, not just a tour.