I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.

I want you to know, that when you are lonely, I will be lonely too.

I thought equality was non-negotiable.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

I started when I was really young. I was playing classical music when I was 4 and when I turned 11 I started to write pop music. I guess you could say it was my intellectual evolution and my love of music began to change.

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

I feel that flip-flops are the downfall of many relationships. It's, like, first it's the flip-flops, and then it's the sweatpants...it's the gateway drug to no sex.