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" I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me. "

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" I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one. "

" I love making buckwheat crepes with ham, Parmesan cheese, and a fried egg on top. It's my go-to breakfast. "

" I'm not afraid to write my feelings in songs. "

" I've always strived to be successful, not famous. "

" When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden. "

" You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music. "

" I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anything that ceases to be a song and just sounds like house music kind of stresses me out. "

" I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever - I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me. "

" I've never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt like it affected me. I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn't feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you've got to work as hard as them. "

" Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity. "

" And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me! "

" My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always. "

" I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are. "

" I've been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it'd be awesome to work with him. He's really kind, and he's been really encouraging when we've met. "

" Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun. "

" I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music. "

" 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. "

" Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult! "

" 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 love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right. "

" I think about food literally all day every day. It's a thing. "

" I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is - this thing that happens to everyone, so I've heard. "

" 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 never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up. "

" I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about. "

" I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions that you can possibly delve into. "

" There are so many emotions that you're feeling, you can get stifled by them if you're feeling them all at once. What I try to do is take one moment - one simple, simple feeling - and expand it into three-and-a-half minutes. "

" What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream. "

" I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free. "