I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

I love to write honest songs that name real people, then get up onstage and live out those emotions in front of 15,000 people.

The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation. So make your words count.

If I looked at every other girl in the entertainment industry as competition, my life would be really lonely. I wouldn't have some of the coolest friends that I'm so glad I've gotten to know.

Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.

I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anything that ceases to be a song and just sounds like house music kind of stresses me out.