You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after.

I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.

Real love still happens sometimes. It's not just something we make up when you're nine. I have to believe that. You do too.

The term trying to forget someone is so awful because you’ll never forget someone if you’re trying to forget them.

Here I was again tonight forcing laughter, faking smiles Same old tired, lonely place

(Talking about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)I can remember her singing, the thrill of it," she said. "She was one of my first inspirations.The people around me provided all the inspiration I needed. Everything I wrote (at that time) came from that experience, what I observed happening around me.

It was an actual Christmas tree farm. We had, like, 15 acres. It was really fun as a kid. I also spent my summers at the Jersey Shore, on the bay in Stone Harbor. I walked everywhere barefoot. It was just the most amazing, magical way to grow up.