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

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" I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you. "

" 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'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun! "

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

" If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered. "

" I am completely fascinated by the differences and comparisons between real life and fairy tales because we're raised as little girls to think that we're a princess and that Prince Charming is going to sweep us off our feet. "

" I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny. And wonderful. "

" I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" All of my songs are autobiographical. "

Autobiographical

" When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. "

" 'The Story of Us' is about running into someone I had been in a relationship with at an awards show, and we were seated a few seats away from each other. I just wanted to say to him, 'Is this killing you? Because it's killing me.' But I didn't. Because I couldn't. Because we both had these silent shields up. "

" I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that. "

" I have never used Auto-Tune in a live television performance, and I have never used Auto-Tune in any of my concerts. That is a promise. "

" 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 think I have to trust that you end up with the person you're supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" If there's a pregnancy rumor, people will find out it's not true when you wind up not being pregnant, like nine months from now, and if there's a house rumor, they'll find out it's not true when you are actively not ever spotted at that house. "

" 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 was never a boy magnet at school. There was always the girl all the guys liked and wanted to date, but it was never me. "

" I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories. "

" I feel like my music has become a lot of things. It's hard to label the evolution, but I like there to be an evolution. I just like to paint with all different kinds of colors. "

" 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'm not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I'm seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me. "

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