One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle.

I'm not even going to be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18.

But you held your pride like you should've held me

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens.

Be yourself, chase your dreams, and just never say never. That's the best advice I could ever give someone.

I think that being good to people - you'll never regret that. Maybe you'll get walked all over, maybe you'll get tricked, maybe you'll get fooled, but I think it's so much better to be kind to people and to trust people rather then to have your guard up and say mean things to people. You never want to be the reason that someone else feels bad.

I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.