When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar..

I have a pirate fetish-I just always thought eye patches were sexy. If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit..

My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then, so I had stylists helping m….

If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit..

When I wake you're never there, but when I sleep you're everywhere..

I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn't exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something that no ones ever h….

I feel connected to whatever is out there..

Ten years into it, I can finally go, 'Oh, I just want to make a record that's fun to make and I don't have to prove that I deserve to be here..

Music has always been in me..

I was definitely a choir and theater geek..

I put myself into character for my songs..

When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected ….

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years wh….

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much..

If I have to try and write one more country single, I'll lose my mind..

I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least Id know that I tried..

Something about the way you looked at me made me think for a moment that maybe we were meant to be ..

I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. I….

I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookie….

I never had an official job, but I did play at a local cantina every Tuesday night, and I babysat a lot..

I was drifting away like a drop in the ocean, and now I realize that nothing has been as beautiful as when I saw heaven's skies..