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

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.

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.

I don't mind genre names. "Chillwave" is probably the last thing I would think of, but I don't mind it.

I’ll rid the world of each one of you, ” he whispered. “Every single one…

These songs tell me I'm not alone. If you look at it that way, music...music can see you through anything.

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to the victims of wars and natural disasters.

What is the subject of our thought? Experience! Nothing else!

The new celebrity thing is going to take some time to get used to because I really am not used to that!

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

I would tell everyone to go to college, no matter what. It gives you time to grow up.

Your old home town's so far away, but inside your head there's a record that's playing, a song called 'Hold On

I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.