I think I'm smart unless I'm really, really in love and then I am ridiculously stupid.

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it.

The past is the past. Don't let it kill you.

I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.

I've stopped reading the comments below news articles and on gossip blogs because those are the ones that'll ruin your day in a second.

When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they're part of a family, not just a tour.