Songwriter Quotes

“People like you always want back the love they pushed aside. But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye.”

“There’s nothing more amazing than the sound of a screaming crowd. Nothing.”

“Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.”

“A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.”

“My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything.”

“One of my best friends is dating my other best friend, Lena!”

“I never get tired of signing autographs 'cause I used to do it so much in class dreaming about the day that it might mean something to somebody.”

“I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.”

“I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'”

“I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.”

“Keeping your emotions all locked up is something that’s unfair to you. When you clearly know how you feel. You should say it.”

“I have never used Auto-Tune in a live television performance, and I have never used Auto-Tune in any of my concerts. That is a promise.”

“I’d rather be at home and eat ice cream than go out and get wasted.”

“When I was 9 or 10, I used to get all the lead roles because I was the tallest person. But my interest in music soon drew me to country music. I was infatuated with the sound, with the storytelling. I could relate to it. I can't really tell you why. With me, it was just instinctual.”

“Why leave when you can stay, why stay if you have to go”

“I've learned through writing that if something made me feel deeply or anything at all, it was worth it.”

“Nothing ruins your day more than getting a bad review.”

“My brother gave me some good advice. He said, "What do you want to do? Do that because there are no rules when it comes to love. There are absolutely no rules. Do what you want to do." I think that was the most liberating piece of advice, because love really is unpredictable. There's trap doors, all kinds of scary stuff, caves and bears... You never know what's going to happen so you just have to do what you feel is right in the end.”

“When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.”

“If you think about human nature, our favourite pair of shoes are the ones we bought yesterday, our favourite thing is the newest thing that we have…and the thing we’ve seen the most and for the longest period of time is our reflection in the mirror, so obviously that’s going to be our least favourite thing.”

“When you strategize a relationship too much, like, "We're not gonna be public about it, and we're gonna say this in interviews," when you think it all out, I think that complicates the relationship and I think that's unfair for the relationship.”

“People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.”

“Lady gagas "hair" is my theme song.”

“You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.”

“I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.”