I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health, my time. I'm not a pawn for anyone's future business. I'm an artist. I deserve better than to be loyal to people who only believe in me because I make money.

My mom and I are very close.

I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we've all heard about before.

Yoga makes me feel like I can do anything.

This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win ... It will take a village and an army, [some] countries and continents to make bullying a hate crime.

There are some people in this world that believe being gay is a choice. It's not a choice, we're born this way.

When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.