It's pretty dangerous if you approach music trying to please other people.

If you don't try and explore genres and have freedom of creativity, you're just wasting your position as a pop band.

Lyrically I write based on my past experiences or things I wish to experience. Pain inspires me as does joy.

Mickey Mouse was supposed to be called Mortimer, but Walt Disney’s wife found it creepy

Tomorrow never yet On any human being rose or set.

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.

Once an old woman at my church said the secret is that God loves us exactly the way we are and that he loves us too much to let us stay like this, and I'm just trying to trust that.

I think most people act in their self-interest.

What is the ape to man? A laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. And just that shall man be for the superman: a laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment.

The most certain way to make a man your enemy is to tell him you esteem him such.

Your best as an artist is to create something that resonates for you.

When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.

I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.

Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.