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" I can say I'd honestly rather be happy than have 30 to 40 songs that I've written about these thrilling, exciting, horrible, unhappy times. "

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" I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life. "

" I'm intimidated by the fear of being average. "

" Songs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don't get me. "

" 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've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans. "

" I've never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record. "

" I have to work really hard to get the record deal - I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar. "

" In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature. "

" My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place. "

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" I always have to be writing. "

" I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you're not interested in them so that they'll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What's he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don't want to sign up for that. "

" People haven't always been there for me, but music always has. "

" I always wanted to know, and I always used to daydream, about what it would be like to stand on a really big stage and sing songs for a lot of people, songs that I had written... Daydreaming was kind of my No. 1 thing when I was little, because I didn't have much of a social life going on. "

" I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you. "

" The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you. "

" I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it. "

" My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion. "

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

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

" I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" All of my walls are covered with framed pictures of my friends. "

" My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem. "

" All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years. "

" When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished. "