I'll get into conversations with other people, and all of a sudden they will say something that sparks that... either the titles to me, or just the conversation itself will spark an idea for a song.

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.

It's wonderful to have money. But It's good that I know what the other side is like. I don't take for granted what I have now.

What no woman or man needs is anyone telling them they are 'too fat' or 'too skinny.' That just adds to the many stereotypes out there about a person's weight.

We live in an epidemic of self-hatred. I see it daily with people coming at me, and they do it to everybody, it's not just me. The hatred is really stemming from them not liking themselves. When you look at it that way, I feel so much empathy and understanding for those people.

Online bullying has to stop.

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