I don't need to be on top to know I'm worth it

I'm obsessively opposed to the typical.

I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.

I'm always on the market for a new friend, period. As your success continues to grow, you start to see who your real friends are. But I'm always looking for wonderful people to have in my life that have no agenda and aren't fake friends.

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

My talent matters more to me than the money does.

I would stare into the bright lights and imagine I could do anything. Be anything. And I would tell myself it would be me up there one day.