You can’t be in love with a Google search.
When I hear that high-pitched sound of all those people screaming together, it’s like, I want to get on stage right now. It’s the most amazing feeling.
I never get tired of signing autographs ’cause I used to do it so much in class dreaming about the day that it might mean something to somebody.
I’m not even going to be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18.
I write songs about what I go through.
When you strategize a relationship too much, like, “We’re not gonna be public about it, and we’re gonna say this in interviews,” when you think it all out, I think that complicates the relationship and I think that’s unfair for the relationship.
When I’m thinking about going on a date with some guy or considering liking him, it really doesn’t matter what they do or how that affects my career.
The one place where I’m allowed to rebel, and the one place where I’m allowed to not worry about censoring myself is my music.
I don’t need to edit names out of songs and I don’t need to edit details out of my songs because I’ve always been able to be honest with my music. That’s the one place where I’m never ever going to change how I do things.
If I looked at every other girl in the entertainment industry as competition, my life would be really lonely. I wouldn’t have some of the coolest friends that I’m so glad I’ve gotten to know.
People don’t take you seriously if you scream, if you raise your voice, especially when you’re a 19-year-old girl.
I only sing in my church choir. Except the other night, I stole the show at karaoke night.
I’m so lucky that my songs are basically my diary put to music.
I love writing thank-you notes. There’s something very nostalgic to me about the feel of a card and putting pen to paper. How many times in our lives are we required to put pen to paper anymore?
I like things you can touch and things you can keep, because every bit of communication we have is ephemeral in nature. You can just delete an e-mail and it’s like it was never there.
A development deal is an in-between record deal. It’s like, a guy saying that he wants to date you but not be your boyfriend. You know, they don’t wanna sign you to an actual record deal or put an album out on you. They wanna watch your progress for a year.
There are times when you get frustrated, but the one thing you always focus on is treating people well. You just cannot storm off and freak out.
I have always felt a little strange about it being so unique that I’m not a train wreck. Like, this weird fluke that I’m not – partying all the time.
People talk to me a lot about, “Why don’t you ever rebel?” And I feel like I do rebel. To me, rebelling is – is that rush you get when you sing a song about someone and you know they’re in the crowd.
If something happens to me, you’re going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.