I'm the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.

I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.

She can't see the way your eyes will light up when you smile.

I've been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down.

It took a while to understand the beauty of just letting go

I created my MySpace page in eighth grade, because that's how all my friends talked to each other, so I made one, too. Then, all of a sudden, my friends started putting my songs on their profiles, and then their relatives, their friends in different states did.

I think that you can love people without it being the great love.