Singer

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

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.

I'm like 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot.

I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn't happen.

All you need to do to be my friend is like me.

I love the scents of winter! For me, it's all about the feeling you get when you smell pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread and spruce.

I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.

For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.

If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be.

I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.

When you're 25 or 30, you know, you can't wear lime-green eye shadow anymore.

I think about food literally all day every day. It's a thing.

If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be.

I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart.

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.

I created my MySpace page in eighth grade, because that's how all my friends talked to each other, so I made one, too. Then, all of a sudden, my friends started putting my songs on their profiles, and then their relatives, their friends in different states did.

I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.

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.