Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.
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 had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.
I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
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.
My absolute favorite meal in Nashville is sweet-potato pancakes at Pancake Pantry.
I don't think there's an option for me to fall in love slowly or at medium speed. I either do, or I don't.
Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.
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 still have mixed feelings about what growing up is - this thing that happens to everyone, so I've heard.
There's room for role models who make mistakes.
All you need to do to be my friend is like me.
Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.
I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.
I get nervous for everything - literally everything.
The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation, so make your words count.
There are no rules when it comes to love.
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.
I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.