It's really cool to be around people that are younger than you who are really cool with being open about stuff.

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.

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

Once you move in with your significant other, you have to become a combination of each other.

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.

Act, not for results, just for action.Give, not for appreciation, just to help.Be kind, not for something in return, just to love.

Age is a state of mind.

Sometimes I try to figure out why I always push things to talk about the really dark stuff in interviews, and I just think it's healing - for the listener, and for the guest.

What something is depends more on when it is than anything else.

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

I'm a very slow reader, and books of interviews are an absolute favorite of mine.

If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream

I bought an ant farm. I don't know where I am going to get a tractor that small!

Success is completion. Success is being able to complete what we set out to do - each individual action, each specific step, each desired experience whether a big project or a very small errand.

Whatever had form or shape must be limited, and could not be eternal.