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I believe that once I put music out, it's owned by the listener.
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I don't read reviews or interviews or anything, just because I'm afraid; If I believed the good, then I'd believe the bad, and there will be bad.
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There are probably five songs in the world that I get excited about when I hear them on the radio.
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I'm very easily influenced, and I'm also a quick study, so I think when I decided I wanted to write pop songs, I literally just listened to pop radio for six months to get a feel for it and understand it.
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I'm never going to sing the words, 'I want to shut down the club,' never, ever.
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I love the writing and performing, but everything in between sucks.
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I don't know anything about the history of music.
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'Titanium' wasn't supposed to be me singing, but they put my demo vocal back on.
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The songs that work best are broad lyrically and have one strong concept in the metaphor.
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When I was 21, I went to London and lived there for eight years.
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I don't want to be followed by paparazzi; that terrifies me.
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Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.
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I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd.
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As a person, I'm a good person who shows up for my friends. I do my best to be good. As an artist, I have no idea.
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What I do enjoy is the creative process.
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I get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want.
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I refrain from blaming anything on my parents.
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I'm fine around other people's feelings. It doesn't make me nervous or anxious.
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I just wanted to have a private life.
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I love hip hop, and I have a bunch of urban songs I write for fun that I can't put on my albums because people would laugh and point.
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I like to sing, and I like to make records - and that part is fun.
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The 'victim to victory' theory is that, if you listen to the radio, a large percentage of the hits are... about victim to victory, like, 'I'm having a terrible time.' And then the pre-chorus is, 'I don't know what's gonna happen next.' And the chorus is, 'Now I'm brilliant, and everything is great, because something happened to make it great.'
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I had hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax penalties.
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I love visual gags and gimmicks; I love them.