Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time..

But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I've learned that a live show should never sound like a record; a record should so….

Bear the burdens of others, but don't put them in your pocket too..

You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you're standing in the eye..

I was born when I met you, now I'm dying to forget you.

I believe that writing for me is in a way like wisdom; in that as soon as you feel like you've got it figured out you stop growing and maybe even los….

The purpose of it all is love..

There is a creator and a redeemer, and the purpose of it all is love..

If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write a song it was so that I would have something to s….

I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world - You're on this side, I….

You can't change people, but most importantly, unless you're their momma, you don't even know what's best for them..

Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes..

You know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first loss, usually you suffer….

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John….

I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll pull them tight to my chest until I feel it's a better t….

Cousins are forever and forever are cousins they stand by your side for you no matter what..

I have vocal trouble from time to time associated with sleep or wine! Or from sleeping in a bunk the size of a coffin and breathing in bus air condit….

I love fishing, any kind of fishing..

But I'm warning you, we're growing up..

I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them,….

Even before I had a daughter, I was passionate about global women's issues, but now that she's here, I'm even more inspired to leave a better world f….