Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it’s a green light.
When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.
People put you down because you’re above them.
When I’m in my 50s, I kind of think I’ll want to be in a garden.
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.
All those emotions spanning from intense love, intense frustration, intense jealously, all those feelings are red.
Most of my songs have names of people I’ve met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me.
I have so many indie bands on my iPod. What I don’t really understand is the attitude that if a band is unknown, they’re good, and if they get fans, then you move on to the next band.
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.
Your eyes wider than distance, this life is sweeter than fiction.
People throw rocks at things that shine.
I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, ‘Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we’ll talk.’
Well, you stood there with me in the doorway, my hands shake, I’m not usually this way. But you pull me in and I’m a little more brave. It’s the first kiss, it’s flawless, really something, it’s fearless.
I don’t like it when people who are young act like they’re 40. That’s taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you’re so mature or whatever – I don’t try to act mature. Some people might say I’m mature for my age, but it’s not something I’m trying to do, you know? I’m just me.
I do not need some guy around in order to get inspiration, in order to make a great record, in order to live my life, in order to feel okay about myself. And I wanted to show my fans the same thing.
Forgetting someone is like getting over a hundred addictions everyday.
It’s not our job to make people like us if they don’t.
Right now I’m just single, but I’m really looking forward to the day when I’m happily single.
Be yourself and the right people will love you.
When you’re 25 or 30, you know, you can’t wear lime-green eye shadow anymore.