“being open isn't the same as being weak.”
“Hearing a crowd scream is the coolest sound in the world. It can motivate me to do anything.”
“That's the thing with love: It's going to be wrong until it's right.”
“But you held your pride like you should've held me”
“Everybody has a list of 100 things they would like to change about themselves. But it's all about focusing on the good things.”
“People throw rocks at things that shine.”
“I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.”
“I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.”
“My favorite thing in the world is telling stories, and most of what I do is telling stories through music.”
“I don't want people to think of me as sexy.”
“People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.”
“When I'm in management meetings when we're deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I'm the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That's the part of my life where I feel most in control.”
“One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.”
“If you can figure out how you're feeling, then maybe you have a chance of getting over it.”
“As you experience love and relationships, you start to realize that love tends to end in a very painful goodbye.”
“The trials and tribulations in your life make you stronger.”
“You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.”
“I never expected anything to be given to me.”
“It took a while to understand the beauty of just letting go”
“Be the fearless girl that everyone knows would dare to do anything.”
“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.”
“Words, how little they mean when they are too late.”
“In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.”
“If somebody hurts you, it's okay to cry a river, just remember to build a bridge and get over it.”
“The worst possible way a relationship can end is when somebody cheats on somebody else.”
