My parents say that I was singing before I could talk. I personally remember specific moments at three or four when music was playing literally all over the house.

Everyone in life has a purpose, and nobody's purpose is better than anyone else's

The way you live your life depends on you.

when you're so happy that you have to close your eyes when you smile so that your eyes don't jump out of your head

If you're at the top, then brace for the fall.

The good thing about my fans is that they like when I'm awkward and real, so I'm able to just go on stage and be my dorky self.

Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.

I wanna run, i wanna stay. hold every piece, so it won't break.

Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.

The Paradox of Sustenance: For an organism’s life to be continued

We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for a moment that we’re not alone.

You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.

God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.

California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has a beautiful coastline. It's dramatic.

Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so, Not for thy faults, but mine.

Is it not meningitis?

Hillary's explanation of the Libyan action to Congress was so good, I wonder who explained it to her?

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature