Songwriter Quotes

“When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.”

“I've seen my friends take someone back after they've cheated because they fit perfectly.”

“I love making buckwheat crepes with ham, Parmesan cheese, and a fried egg on top. It's my go-to breakfast.”

“There are two ways love can go. You can be good to each other or you could not play fair.”

“Be yourself and the right people will love you.”

“I just drove past Brad Paisley jogging down the side of the road. I rolled down the window and screamed RUN FORREST RUN. I live for….. little moments…..like that.”

“Unique and different is the new generation of beautiful… You dont have to be like everybody else. In fact I don’t think you should.”

“I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.”

“I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.”

“People are going to talk about you. But maybe you're having more fun than them anyway.”

“You have to be happy with who you are and the choices you make. If you don't like yourself, you'll never be truly happy.”

“If you fall in love based on zero hours spent with me? That's maybe something to be aware of. That will fade fast. You can't be in love with a google search.”

“All of my songs are autobiographical.”

“I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.”

“I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.”

“There are certain people who elicit a really passionate response. It's crazy. That's my Alexander Wang theory.”

“Unique and different is the next generation of beautiful.”

“I never feel the need to go out and make some grand statement that I'm dark and twisty and complicated, because I'm not that either. It's just not as simple as ponies and rainbows, though I do love ponies and rainbows.”

“My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.”

“and you come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you”

“Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.”

“My mom and I have always been really close. She’s always been the friend that was always there.”

“If we continue to show young girls that they are being compared to other girls, we’re doing ourselves a huge disservice as a society. I surround myself with smart, beautiful, passionate, driven, ambitious women. Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you rather than threaten you and make you feel like you’re immediately being compared to them. The only thing I compare myself to is me, two years ago, or me one year ago.”

“Just because as human beings, what we can't have is what we reply in our head over and over again before we go to sleep.”

“Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright, that’s fearless too.”