I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.
It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
I'm sick of the tabloids' saying I obsess over guys. Why would you obsess over guys? They don't like it.
If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.
Seeing a live Kenny Chesney show, you know what you're going to get. You know it's going to be an all-day party.
Fans are my favorite thing in the world.
Heartbreak is the national anthem. We sing it proudly.
The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
There are beautiful things about both being in love and being out of love. I just think you have to find those things.
Love has absolutely no pattern, and no one will ever be perfect.
Love tends to end in a very painful goodbye.
Ever since I was a little kid I've been so glad to be from America and so glad to live here.
I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.
I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.
I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.
In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.
Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane. But I got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name.
I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.
I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.
I put out one album one week, and I'm already worried about the next one. I feel a lot of emotion throughout the course of a day. But not to the point where you need to be worried about me.
I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
It never mattered to me that people in school didn't think that country music was cool, and they made fun of me for it - though it did matter to me that I was not wearing the clothes that everybody was wearing at that moment. But at some point, I was just like, 'I like wearing sundresses and cowboy boots.'
The Moment I Knew" "was a song about my 21st birthday party, which was the worst experience ever.
