I feel guilty because I want to act more than I want to write songs. I'm a person who likes to transition; I like to grow.

Stars can't shine without darkness.

I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write a story. I can see ideas spark in me.

You have to break your fingers to learn how to play guitar.

My success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied. People are like, "You've got all these number ones!" "Yeah...what else?" It all translates into money, and that's how people think of being successful, but my success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.