I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

He’s my cat! He’s not God’s cat! Let God have his own cat! Let God have all the damn old cats He wants, and kill them all! Church is mine!

Home at that moment was a starless night, a steady wind, not a human to be seen.

We believe only in deeds and acts and not in declarations. We are fed up with all those declarations, promises.

The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.

Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through playing people who are absolutely nothing like me.

Vitam impendere vero. To stake one's life for the truth.

Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.

As I have always found, and often am forced to remember, to all things there is a beginning and an end.

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

I focus on things that are the highest value and do them perfectly.