Keep your sense of self; don't get caught up in what people want you to be.

Without you, there'd be no sun in my sky, there would be no love in my life, there'd be no world left of me.

We definitely set out to make a great 'radio' record. We set out to write great hooky choruses-but with verses that said something.

I signed my deal when I was 11, and the success I had, no one could explain that to an adult, what's about to happen to them, much less a kid. There's not many people around who've experienced that.

No matter which way I move you, that's a powerful thing to be able to do.

I don't care if I'm in too deep.

I know myself, and when you start to really know who you are, you don't question it when you read what someone says about you.