After about three lessons [my] voice teacher said, "Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way. You're a song stylist. Always do it your way."

I was wearing black clothes almost from the beginning. I feel comfortable in black. I felt like black looked good onstage, that it was attractive, so I started wearing it all the time.

People call me wild. Not really though, I'm not.I guess I've never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I'm country.

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

Don't be afraid of being unique. It's like being afraid of your best self.

When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls.