I feel like I'm on top of the world. Honestly, I feel like I've climbed a very giant mountain, and I'm just standing right on top with my arms wide open and breathing rarified air.
I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.
Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.
It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.
If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.
I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.
When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.
Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music.
I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.
Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this.
I have two fathers.
It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique.
I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely.
Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.
I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.
Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.
Sting I've seen a few times, and he really inspired me in the sense that he breaks the songs down a lot and will take a different approach. He'll take an acoustic approach to them; he'll rearrange them for the live stage.
I enjoyed working at McDonald's.
There were moments when I really just thought, I don't need anything and I don't need anyone. I just want to go away and disappear.
I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.
