Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes. You say sorry just for show. You live like that, you live with ghosts.

There are beautiful things about both being in love and being out of love. I just think you have to find those things.

I don't think you should ever take life so serious that you forget to play.

You have celebrities who are pushed to the brink of a public meltdown, and so the public thinks that every person in the public eye has dirty secrets that they're keeping, or isn't what they seem, or is masking it and faking sincerity, faking authenticity, faking being surprised at award shows when you win a Grammy.

I definitely think that with music my favorite thing about Nashville is that it's a music hub that accepts and allows all genres to be present, and I think there's been a kind of fusing of genres lately that for me makes me really happy and excited.

I think there's something so attractive about mystery. There's something so attractive about the chase. And the bad guy ... bad boys know how to keep the chase going throughout an entire relationship because you never know if you completely have them or not. That's why they're so hard to get over.

I was in a love that was wonderful until it was terrible, and both people got hurt from it.