“I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.”
“I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.”
“I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.”
“Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.”
“I think the worst part about a breakup sometimes, if one could choose a worst part, would possibly be if you get out of a relationship, and you don't recognize yourself because you changed a lot about you.”
“People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.”
“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.”
“Anytime someone tells me that I can't do something, I want to do it more.”
“I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can't imagine going through that. If you know that's going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I'd rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?”
“Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.”