My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.

I'm only human, and I bleed when I fall down.

Music has been my everything since day one. It's been my shoulder to cry on, my rock and my best friend.

You're gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul

Do what scares you, your dreams are there waiting for you.

Don't count the miles, count the I love you's!

And all along I believed I would find you. Time has brought your heart to me. I have loved you for a thousand years. I'll love you for a thousand more.

Learning to let things go is key for a good quality of living.

I believe if I knew where I was going, I'd lose my way.

I have died everyday, waiting for you.

You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable.

You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.

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

I think any good singer needs to be a good actor. You have to be able to tell the story.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

Our limited mind is our enemy and our unlimited mind is our best friend. When you become a slave of the mind, it will limit you. When you use it, it will bring you the whole universe.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Even the proudest spirit can be broken with love.

Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.