And you know there’s nothing like writing a song about someone who’s mean to you, and just makes your life miserable…and then winning a Grammy for it.
I don't know if I could do this with the same energy, and in the same way - all the costume changes and glitter and hair and makeup - all the time. When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
I think Kenny Chesney or Garth Brooks would be the coolest duet partners. I look up to them so much for their work ethics.
I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.
I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything.
If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.
I'm thankful that when I go to bed at night, that I have been myself that day. And, I have been myself all the days before that.
I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.
One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!
I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.
I've had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it's not what I look for when I'm seeing someone.
Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of.
I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn't happen.
Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.
I've always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little.
I'm never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next.
As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing - hopefully.
I don’t think I was born to be in the club. Just to throw that out there.
They can say whatever they want about my personal life because I know what my personal life is, and it involves a lot of TV and cats and girlfriends.
When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.
I don’t ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It’s like, Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. And if I have a chance to matter to the growth and hopes and wishes of little girls, that's something I can't take lightly. So I do factor them in when I'm thinking about what to wear, and what to say, and whether or not to go out to bars even thought I'm not twenty-one.
I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.
