If guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things.

To truly love is to have the courage to walk away and let the other person who wishes to be free go no matter how much it hurts.

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.

It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.

The longer you're with the wrong person, you could be completely overlooking the chance to meet the right person.

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.