Touring is always important to me. It's like a big IOU to my fans, because I know they are the reason I exist.
I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids.
I'd never devote a whole record to heartbreak.
I crushed on the most popular guy in school! I saw him at a concert and I shouted out," Is that Shane Lopes? You were the most popular guy in my class, but you never wanted to go out with me. Instead it was Amanda Wayne. What are you thinking now?
I got a fantastic person to work me out and get me into really good shape.
I grew up listening to gospel. That was the only thing that I had reference to because that was what my family was involved with.
I just have so much love for my record label.
I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth.
I'm a woman who likes to be courted, strongly. Never say never, I guess you'd say. I'll let love take the lead on that.
I still want to be as approachable and relatable as possible - when I meet fans and they're crying, I'll say, 'Calm down, there's nothing to cry about.'
I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation.
But of course I love my Japanese fans and the show must go on, no matter the daily aftershocks or husband kidnappings! It's not right but it's okay
Ever since I was younger I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that happened and is still happening. I have to remember that this is what I wished for and be grateful because there are 500 other girls right behind me that are ready to snatch it up.
I never want to be just one thing - I want to be multidimensional.
I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.
I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it's difficult.
Sometimes I can be distracted by the glamour and the fabulousness.
One thing I can't do, and I hope that there are other people out there that feel the same way, is climb a rope. Oh my gosh, it's so hard to climb rope! It's all about grip and arms.
I really love going to shows where I'm sandwiched between people, and you don't know if the sweat on you is yours or the person's next to you.
Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.
My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.
I'd go to the farmers' market in Santa Barbara, and I'd put out my guitar case, and I'd test out these little ditty songs that I would write, and I would get a couple of avocados, a bag of pistachios, and, like, fifteen bucks. That was a lot of money for me.
I'm every woman. It takes a village to make me who I am.
I wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by their religion, so I was going to these halfway education-slash-Christian schools that were like pop-up shop-style education.
Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried there.
