I think if you truly believe that something should be that way then you should push for that.

Give me one good reason why I should never make a change, baby if you hold me then all of this will go away.

Truth is mighty and it will prevail.

I think one of the worst things people can do is try and fight the people they've agreed to work with.

I think the lesson that I learnt very early on was to listen to people you work with, because you're all in it together.

While I was travelling and I kind of had the classic realisation - that I guess most teenagers have at some point - that time's gonna run out and that's not in my power to change that.

I like to try and mix diction and experiences.

It's strange to think that I can go places and people want to hear my music. I guess that's all I ever wanted.

Obviously I still gig on my own, but I've always heard my music with a band.

The thing for me though, is that songs are good depending on the memories I have with them.

Even if I know that really it's not a great song, even if it's a naff song but I have a good memory of it, then to me that's a great song.

But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful? It is. Only I do get tired.

First drafts don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be written.

Never wedding ever wooing Still a lovelorn heart pursuing Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing Wed or cease to woo.

There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

I started to do everything I could to succeed, but found that the more successful I became, the less people liked me.

You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.

Teachers are about the brightest stars in our constellation.

I love Francis Bacon. I just saw a great Jackson Pollock exhibit at the Dallas Museum when I was home for Thanksgiving.

I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players