"The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.'"

"The question I love to get asked is: 'What's the hardest part of your job?' And literally, the answer is probably real sad, but it's to just to be me. Like, it's really hard, because I think people, you know, have a set idea of what a pop star should be."

"I've always been about less government."

"God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress."

"Music will always be my No. 1 passion, but I don't have to be doing it professionally. It's not really about that for me anymore. I feel like I don't have to look at it as a career. I can just rest in it and just be."

"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit."

"I have made some of the best friends that I've got in this business."

"Hey, we have obligations. We all work for a living now."