I should try to be strong, but baby, you're the right kind of wrong.

I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up 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.

Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.

I don't earn my money from trying to hurt people or get in the tabloids.

Even listening to a lot of other music inspires me, too. Like I'll find something and be like, "I love this group!" And I want to write something that's kind of like this.

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