Not like [Adele Dazeems] going to follow me around for the rest of my life.

You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them.

Being a role model is about being true to myself.

When you sit back and you just do what you love, things happen

It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small, and the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all.

I find that, maybe because I'm also a singer, I hear music in characters all the time, even if they don't sing. I hear what affects me in my heart.

Nerves are good. They keep you alive.

Things happen for a reason, and in their own time.

I know I'm known for singing some of those high notes but that's really not what giving someone goose bumps is all about. It's about really trying to find what makes you unique...

The one who tried too hard, the outsider, the oddball. Yeah, that was me.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

Reveal God to the people and teach them His ways

We can only diffuse kindness, to the souls filled with bitterness

Everybody has an addiction mine happens to be you

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Believe it or not, I make myself laugh. Sometimes when I have thoughts or say some things that are funny, it just makes me laugh, and I don't mind laughing at it before you guys do.

As an advice columnist, I spend a lot of time reading through psychology journals to ensure that I give the most up-to-date advice.

I'd rather make less money and live in a just world.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

How sweetly he came to her, she thought. Even with his bulk and power, he came to her...sweetly.

In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.