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" I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation. "

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" My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader. "

" I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered. "

" I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one. "

" Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I've had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him. "

" Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out. "

" There's a lot of pressure putting an album out all over the world and hoping people everywhere like it. "

" You can be obsessed with the bad things people say and the good things; either way, you're obsessed with yourself, and I'm not - you can become unhinged so easily. "

" I created my MySpace page in eighth grade, because that's how all my friends talked to each other, so I made one, too. Then, all of a sudden, my friends started putting my songs on their profiles, and then their relatives, their friends in different states did. "

" For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under. "

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

" I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage. "

" You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that. "

" 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. "

" I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood. "

" When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts. "

" I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear. "

" Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love. "

" I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience. "

" I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend. "

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" I love Wiz Khalifa. "

" 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. "

" Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy. "

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" Part of me feels you can't say you were truly in love if it didn't last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that's when I'll know it's real - because it lasted. "

" I'm never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next. "