People are going to write and say things you don't like. They're going to take things out of context. What are you going to do? You can't let it destroy your life. That's their problem. They're going to go on and not be respected for what they do. Just worry about what you do. You have to make up your mind. You also have to be prepared for fallout. You have to accept the industry you're in.

If foundations made of stone can turn to dust, then the hardest hearts of steel can turn to rust.

I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life.

I think that all people that get to a certain level of their celebrity are brands. I accept that. I don't value it in any personal way. I value it as an element of my work. I'm more pragmatic in that sense. I do get very rattled if I don't get enough normalcy in my life. I like solitude. I can't even write music if I'm not isolated.

I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing.

I wish my parents had spent more time worrying about my education than me being a star.

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.