“My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.'”

“I thought if I could touch this place or feel it this brokenness inside me might start healing. Out here its like I'm someone else, I thought that maybe I could find myself if I could just come in I swear I'll leave. Won't take nothing but a memory from the house that built me.”

“My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.'”

“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.'”

“Marriage is gonna be your stability through everything.”

“After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.”

“I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.”

“I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.”

“Junk food drags you down.”

“Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know?”

“If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?”