Quotes

You know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first loss, usually you suffer a first loss of someone that you love to death, even, you know, really big life lessons, things you learn from your parents' divorce or from the travels that you took.

You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement.

I'm very athletic and I've ridden horses my whole life.

I grew up in a world where music was a way of life, and I'm part of a family that in some facet or another, every single one of us has continued to live in that world.

I'm a big believer in keeping a certain balance between the whirlwind that life can feel like sometimes, and slowing down and doing things that really make me feel alive.

Even though music is a huge part of my life, it doesn't make up the whole picture.

I think the most important thing that you can do when you're newly separated, or just out of a relationship, is put your foot back in the water. Don't be afriad. Get out there. Life is too short!

Sometimes on-camera friends don't translate into your real life, but not for me.

I wanted to create clothing that I would wear - that I truly want to wear - but which would also fit my active lifestyle.

You know, I've done so much of my life in front of cameras... I wanted to show a different side of me. And I put it all out there anyway, so why not put my love life out there?

As with any mother, all I wish is for my boys to have the peaceful family life they deserve.

It's incredibly hypocritical of Eddie to object to filming around my children, especially given how public he lives his life.

I've always been a straight shooter and an open book. It's how I've chosen to live my life.

It is a lot to learn, and unique, but it is commonplace here in Atlanta where the man takes care of things and the woman becomes a homemaker, and later on in the relationship, a mother, which isn't the things that I ever considered. I think Cody thought that I would want that for my life since he grew up in that, but that is just not me.

I know that some of the ideas that I have are not always going to be seen as a good idea by everybody but, that's just life. We learn at some point that you don't always get your way.

I have been an athlete for much of my life starting at the age of 4.

I spent most of my young life in the business and missed out on school events. I needed to be a young person and do what I wanted to do.

It's not the part of being a celebrity that's so attractive to me. It's being recognized for your accomplishments and what you've done... becoming closer to what you want to achieve in life.

I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist.

Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.

I have been drawing and creating visual works my entire life, as long as I can remember.

I live a normal life. But I'm always thinking about what I'm going to do next, musically. 'Do I need a fresh producer? What was Peter Gabriel doing when he was 32?'

I believe in God. It's a big part of my life. You can bring it up and talk about it without being 'Christian Rocker.'