I want to be as gracious and thankful as I can because it has been a long road.

I didn't move to Nashville with any inkling or dreams of getting a record deal. I didn't have those stars in my eyes. I just wanted to take a break, relax, and figure out songwriting.

I love dry British humor. I love to sketch in my off time. I love tequila.

Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.

In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.

Truths are as much a matter of questions as answers.

More I tried hating him

Talking to them was like being placed into conversational purgatory, with no hope of being released without significant damage to one's self-esteem.

It was never the right time or it was always the right time, depending on how you looked at it.

We knew we loved making cookies and every time we did, we made people happy. That was our business plan.

You ever try to go a day without judgment?

For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.

I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.

Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.