Obviously I attach myself so much to my songwriting. If I didn't attach myself to that being my sole attribute, then I would be fine with those.

I'm still writing songs but leaving them a lot more open and not trying to control every nuance of it.

The writing about what you know thing was a huge one. Not worrying so much about what people think. Just writing for myself and the band is enough.

It's just like I get this identity crisis: my body doesn't want to write, my mind doesn't want to write. Nothing about me wants to write, but I force myself to sit there and try. Nothing happens.

I'm just online too much. I drink too much. A lot of bad things.

I wasn't being critical of myself in the way I can normally be, and I was letting myself follow through with stuff. It was like a prolonged spontaneity.

I feel like I'm adapting to society. I went feral a little bit. I found that when I would get back to the city, if there was any second-guessing about stuff, it would happen.

A great attitude toward your approach to an interview—demonstrated by your good posture—is everything.

Sign of a leader - Believe in others.....

You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person.

I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it’s a really good thing to remember.

Country seems to be finding a bigger audience. Certainly an audience out of the general country scene is finding me.

The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.

Fashion's recognized as a business now, but it was something that was almost underground when I started.

There's a lot of advantages to being my best friend.