My career never went like anyone else’s, so I never followed anyone.
On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.
If you have intercourse you run the risk of dying and the ramifications of death are final.
Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.
In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.
I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.