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

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" I think I am smart unless I am really, really in love, and then I am ridiculously stupid. "

" I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter. "

" 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. "

" One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same. "

" 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 always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go. "

" 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 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. "

" As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing - hopefully. "

" 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'm a songwriter. Everything affects me. "

" I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that's fine. And it might not be right, because I'm the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It's the one shred of privacy I have in the matter. "

" Nothing ruins your day more than getting a bad review. "

" I've seen my friends take someone back after they've cheated because they fit perfectly. "

" 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. "

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

" If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down. "

" 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. "

" Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism. "

" I'm 5'11, so when I wear heels, it's definitely a really good view that I have. I'm, like, 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot. "

" People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened. "

" I'm a Sagittarius, and one of our major qualities is that we're blindly optimistic. "

" All you need to do to be my friend is like me. "

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

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

" I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it's a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table. "

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

" I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief. "

" I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt. "