I'm never drunk on the road, and since I've got to take care of my voice, smoke is definitely not allowed.

Identity politics are becoming less important since culture's being blended into one big thing - I look at kids' Tumblrs and they're all into the same things.

I've always thought that reviews and knowing how much your fans appreciate or don't like something, that's the sugar coating. I'm trying not to think about those things.

I'm not worried about repeating myself - I'm more worried that I'd just get bored.

I see a lot of people of color in my fanbase and at all my shows, and it's really awesome.

Once you move in with your significant other, you have to become a combination of each other.

It's really cool to be around people that are younger than you who are really cool with being open about stuff.

I don't put categories on music, myself. So either people go with it or they don't, and sometimes the names sound a little silly.

Maybe one day I'll write my rock album so I can use more obscure references and just be weird. If the lyrics are too crazy, though, then it's not pop anymore.

Kids are starting to dress the same, listen to the same music. I look at their Tumblrs and they're all into the same things.

I like to challenge myself, to see if I can actually write a pop album that people can connect with lyrically. Musically, it's very accessible - or, at least, I hope so.

Excellence is the key that opens successes' door.

Live Loud, Love Loud, Laugh Loud, Play Loud, Cry Loud – Isn’t that what life’s about!

I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals.

Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down

There's no doubt if you could go 5, 10, 15 million years into the future and dig down to 2016, you would be able to find the geological evidence that humans occupied the planet.

It seems like everyone's listening to fiddles and banjos.

Please stop looking at me, she thought, afraid of his eyes and terrified of her own heart.

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.

The straight line is regarded as the shortest distance between two people, as if they were points.

Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same information.