On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn't allowed [singing my own original music], because it's not that type of show. I think it's really cool that I get to do my own thing now.

A lot of people say if you can't love yourself, then you can't love others. It's always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.

I definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.

I've had so many insecurities, and am still getting over a lot.

There are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.

I definitely fall in love quickly, and I'm very in love with being in love. But it is hard for me to write about love.

I'll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.

I never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.

Just because I'm an artist doesn't mean I should be treated differently.

I see things that nobody else sees

I was always hard on myself for taking things too personally.

I’m not totally mad at you. I’m just sad. You’re all locked up in that little world of yours, and when I try knocking on the door, you just sort of look up for a second and go right back inside.

For one crazy moment he had the notion of a vanished tribe of librarians, lost in the deep underground caverns of the Bodleian, a wild and savage tribe that fed on unwary travellers.

Hale!' Kat cried, but the boy only stared at her. 'Fine,' she conceded. 'I love your boat.' 'Ship.' 'Ship ... Your ship is beautiful.

I've grown environmentally. I'm far more cautious, although I always have been; but more now. And I have grown a lot professionally by working with George Miller.

There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair.

If you love someone and they want to leave, you help them pack. That's love

I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.

Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.

If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me