None of my friends smoke. I've never smoked a cigarette in my life.

I've got such great people around me. They don't really care if they make me angry. A lot of teams, they're afraid to make the artist angry, because they don't want to get fired and all that stuff. My team's pretty good about letting me know when to get in line.

I was found on Youtube. I think I was detrimental to my own career.

I'm not going to let go of hope, I'm not going to let go of love, I'm not going to let go of God.

I was interesting in discovering more about [Elizabeth Taylor], and I always tried to focus more on the woman than the legend or the icon and everybody's own individual version of what that is. She was badass! Really strong. And eccentric and fiery and powerful and clear and blunt. Spoke like a sailor. She was extreme, but she had the ability to love again and again and again and still believe in it every time.

Not everyone's going to like my music. People might not like my music, because I'm just not their style of music that they like to listen to.

I'm just trying to get the best sound and have it be consistent and make sense with what I'm going through in my life.