Britney Spears became my talisman. I became obsessed with wearing Britney T-shirts. I felt it would bring me luck. And it did.

I want to appeal to people's sense of humanity and interconnectedness. I feel like I have the platform I'm standing on for a reason. It's not just to make people happy and get people to dance and sing, to feel an escape. It's also to get people to listen and to bring important issues to the forefront.

The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it.

Until I learned to love myself, I was never ever lovin' nobody else.

Who needs a smile when a tear's so full of love?

Hey you! Don't be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!

To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return.