There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real.

The important thing is to realize that no matter what people's opinions may be, they're only just that - people's opinions. You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. And let that be that.

It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don't even understand what you're reading in your contract.

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

I grew up watching MTV, when Journey was huge, when Pat Benatar had 'Love Is a Battlefield,' and my friends and I used to cut school to watch this woman in the video. We loved Pat Benatar.

Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.