“When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical.”

“Taylor was named after James Taylor and claims that she knows all the James Taylor songs, and I'm a huge fan of James Taylor and know all his songs, too. My dad told me that if I ever met Taylor Swift, I had to tell her that I know every James Taylor song. We started naming albums, and we were both shouting them out.”

“I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.”

“Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.”

“That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.”

“I was a huge Beatles fan. We could talk about who I listened to growing up and what my sources were, but certainly the Beatles were a late, important resource for me, and I just took my guitar and a handful of songs, and I decided, well, I'll just go over and travel around Europe and see what comes of it.”

“I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.”

“I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.”

“Music is like a huge release of tension.”

“When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical.”

“It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure.”