When I'm writing [songs], some days the pen just goes. I'm not in charge and I'm almost listening outside of it. That's when I realize that we all have to start looking at life as a gift. It's like listening to a color and believing that these colors have soul mates and once you get them all together the painting is complete.

I have a very thick skin. I take everything that comes and let it bounce right off me because I know the time will come when nobody will be able to speak falsely.

Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?

I’ve longed for kids since I was very, very young.

Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.

There's something about having people around you giving you support that is - it's motivating, and once I got that support from people then I believed I could do anything.

Act your age, not your shoe size.