If you’re going through a dark time... don’t ever give up. You can always make your way back to the other end of that circle and find your happiness again.

Gay marriage is going to happen. It must.

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.

In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

Celebrate all the things you don't like about yourself. love yourself.

I was very depressed when I was 19... I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It was quiet and it was lonely. It was still. It was just my piano and myself. I had a television and I would leave it on all the time just to feel like somebody was hanging out with me.

Confidence is key, if you don't have it, fake it!