This never happens, but I was writing with my friend Ryan Hurd and Eric Arjes, and we wrote this song called 'Last Turn Home.' The next day, my publisher emailed it to Tim McGraw's label. He listened to it, and I think within the week, he went into the studio and recorded it. And that never happens.

I love listening to the radio because there's something about that discovery, that platform, still being the main medium. And it is changing with streaming services, but I like to listen to what people are listening to and figure out why is this song so catchy.

I want to be as gracious and thankful as I can because it has been a long road.

I remember going to church at home on Christmas in 2016, and people wanted to take my photo. When I'm home in Maryland, I don't leave the house. That's a weird feeling.

Like most people in college, I just wasn't really sure who I was.

When you're super passionate about something, you're more willing to do all of the grunt work. You know, like, I'm so willing to live on a bus for my whole life because that means I get that one moment on stage or that one moment in the studio that totally fills me.

Music is about connecting with people on a personal level and doing that one set of ears at a time.

I come from such a small place, and I've always really thought that if you make good music, then people will find it.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

The reality of the music industry is that I was a 22-year-old college graduate who was able to walk into boardrooms and be the one in charge. It's incredibly empowering. I wasn't ready - I definitely was not ready - but I was prepared as I possibly could have been because I had studied the music industry.

I grew up writing songs and producing music, and I studied music production in college.

I think one of the most important things for creativity is boredom.

It's really easy to go viral, but I think it's really hard then to have a career.

I'm kind of a terrible musician. I'm a very functional musician. I play just about every instrument in a band setting, functionally. But I should not be taking solos.

When someone said, 'Let's go to a club' in New York, it often meant heels and tight dresses and money.

'Dog Years' is sort of my way of saying goodbye and 'see you soon' to my friends from college.

There were a couple of months when I was approaching graduation where I started to think of graduating from college as the afterlife. Because it's this kind of crazy thing that you always know you're going to finish school inevitably, but nobody ever really tells you what happens afterwards.

Music is the most amount of joy or good I can do in the world.

The reality of my life is it's about 25 percent music, and everything else I do is so I can get that 40 minutes later to go play. And it is unquestionably worth every second of it.

I kind of always get described as this, like, 'nature girl'... I've lived in New York for the last five years.

I really want to make a great record, like my 'Rumours' or 'Thriller.'

There are a lot of things worse to be than the 'Pharrell girl.' I hope that'll wear off.

I didn't actually start playing the banjo until I was in high school.

I always saw myself as this quiet, introspective, thoughtful person.