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" Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options. "

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" I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you. It's a conscious thing; it's a common-sense thing. "

" I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart. "

" Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes. "

" When I'm in management meetings when we're deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I'm the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That's the part of my life where I feel most in control. "

" 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. "

" I think I've developed, as many people do, this sense of, 'Don't say the wrong thing, or else people will point at you and laugh.' "

" One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead. "

" When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise. "

" When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears. "

" If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation. "

" Anytime someone tells me that I can't do something, I want to do it more. "

" I'm the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it. "

" Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind. "

" When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did. "

" Writing 'We Are Never Getting Back Together' was one of the most hilarious experiences I have ever had in the studio because it just happened so naturally. "

" I believe when it comes to love, there's something intangible about who we are attracted to, and I don't think I have a pattern. "

" I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me! "

" I've been on tour since I was 16, and I always do meet-and-greets before and after shows, so you kind of build these friendships with people. I have girls come up to me and tell me exactly what's going on in their love lives. "

" I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine. "

" One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me... I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics. "

" My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have. "

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" I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write. "

" I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels. "

" 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.' "

" I've found that men I've dated who are in the same business can be really competitive. I've found a great group of girlfriends in the same business who aren't competitive, but a few times guys have started comparing careers and it has been... challenging. "

" Faith Hill is a big role model. "

" I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs. "

" But, I've always loved John Mayer and I think T-Pain is brilliant. "