When I'm writing a record, I kind of don't listen to much music. Just because I want to be inspired solely on the emotion; just based on how it feels.

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

Women. They are a complete mystery.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

For me, what fun means is finding novelty in the suffocating familiarity of ordinary life.

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.

I feel so small I could sit on a dime an' my legs wouldn't even hang over.

If you hear an old parable and you don't believe it, it's mythology. If you hear an old parable and you believe it, it's religion.

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

Soul, if you want to learn secrets,
 your heart must forget about shame
 and dignity. You are God's lover,
 yet you worry what people are saying.

I had but one joy, the apple of the eye of my delights , to preach Christ my Lord