If there's something that I really need to say that I can't say by speaking to someone, I usually write it in a song or a letter to someone.

If there's something that I really need to say that I can't say by speaking to someone, I usually write it in a song or a letter to someone.

I write my songs usually while I'm walking around. Or in a car. Or in a bus, a plane, something like that. I jot down lyrics wherever I am. Usually it's on a vomit bag on an airplane or something. I just look for a pen.

I want my songs to be heard by everyone. I want [everyone] to treat people with compassion. I want them to realize that we are all so similar, but we focus so much on our differences.

Love is everything. Without it, I have no use for this world.

We have to try to keep ourselves open, no matter how closed the world tries to make us sometimes. We are meant to go through this life with a partner, someone who picks us up when we're down. This life can be incredibly difficult, especially if we're alone. And if we can stay open and embrace our insecurities, our vulnerability, only then will we find the person with whom we are meant to travel through this life.

I know that being positive is a choice, and I try to make that choice every day.