I think that a good song is catchy, and a great song is not catchy - but it has a deeper meaning.

I think everyone's so scared of other people judging them.

There's lots of interesting stuff happening in the world. Lots of good and bad things, and there's interest in music still, which there always will be, which is always a good thing.

I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when you think about it.

Once you write and record a song, it becomes everyone else's song.

I don't know anything except being female, so I don't know the opposite of it.

The first song I wrote was called "You" and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist. I remember them all because I used to always write terrible poetry. I keep all my notebooks.

I think even though things are changing a bit, we still kind of tend to grow up with girls being like, 'Don't be too loud, don't be too rude, don't be too naughty,' or whatever, to act a certain way.

I don't like to overcook songs.

Artists thrive off each other, and when you see other people doing cool stuff, it inspires you to do cool stuff.

I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me.

Do you think magic exists if it can be explained?

Every act intends some good.

I don't compose. I assemble materials.

Don't be scared to dream big, and don't be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It's the tenacious not the talented that win.

I went far and now I see that the only one I needed was me.

George W. Bush has done a magnificent job.

Never answer a hypothetical question.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

I come from the school of That Horse is Not Dead.

You cannot, sir, take from me any thing that I will more willingly part withal: except my life, except my life, except my life.