"I really don’t want a compilation of sounds. I just need them to be songs."
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"Sometimes in life you have to be your own best friend."
"Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around."
"Style is such a personal thing; it's your way to be an individual."
"'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer."
"I don’t think I was born to be in the club. Just to throw that out there."
"It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed."
"It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs - because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told."
"People put you down because you're above them."
"Some combinations of people are toxic, you know? You have to find the right one that isn't just going to explode into fiery ash and destruction."
"I am alone a lot, which is good. I need that time to just be alone after a long day, just decompress. So, I go to either my house or the hotel, or my apartment, or whatever - wherever I am, I go home and I watch TV and I sit there, with my cat, and I just watch TV or go online, check my emails."
"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."
"Well, you stood there with me in the doorway, my hands shake, I'm not usually this way. But you pull me in and I'm a little more brave. It's the first kiss, it's flawless, really something, it's fearless."
"Listening to my songs is like reading my diary."
"Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of."
"I have so many indie bands on my iPod. What I don't really understand is the attitude that if a band is unknown, they're good, and if they get fans, then you move on to the next band."
"When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I ever heard.' I'm thinking, 'That lyric just moves me. That lyric just said what I feel better than I could say it myself.'"
"Forgetting someone is like getting over a hundred addictions everyday."
"Who you are is not where you've been... You're still an innocent."
"So many girls come up and say to me, 'I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed.' That's the coolest compliment to me."