Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you.

Once you think about it, aren't the people who are living their lives without worrying about other people's opinions having more fun than those judging them?

The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you're 16 can mirror the one you have when you're 26. Life repeats itself.

I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you're not interested in them so that they'll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What's he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don't want to sign up for that.

Sophistication isn't what you wear and who you know.

I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.

I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.