My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson.
I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me.
So you treat your love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine for a little while. Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top, and run like hell to show it off.
When you live with someone on the bus, for four days a week, you really have to get along.
Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.'
The bigger you get, the more pressure you have to deal with.
I wouldn't want to bring a kid into this crazy world right now.
For each album, I let the music that I love at that point in my life be my guide.
I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song.
Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented.
My family is awesome.
I am proud to be a normal size girl and I want to encourage everyone to be confident at any size.
My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds. After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I’m just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.
I won’t give up what I enjoy to look perfect. I want to find a happy medium between feeling good about my body and still having a beer and some barbecue.
I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.
I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else.
Currently I'm not a crazy ex-girlfriend, but I can't promise I won't be one again.
Yeah, I have a tough-girl image.
Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be strong but also owning their salt as well.
A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.
I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.
I learned a lot about my audience and about myself as a performer, what I like to do live.
I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.
I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.
I do appreciate every single dollar I earn.
