I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.

I think the worst part about a breakup sometimes, if one could choose a worst part, would possibly be if you get out of a relationship, and you don't recognize yourself because you changed a lot about you.

I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never did.

I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second.

A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.

I've stopped reading the comments below news articles and on gossip blogs because those are the ones that'll ruin your day in a second.

I find it relatively easy to keep my clothes on because I don't really feel like taking them off. It's not an urge I have. For me, 'risky' is revealing what really happened in my life through music. Risky is writing confessional songs and telling the true story about a person with enough details so everyone knows who that person is. That's putting myself out there, maybe even more than taking my shirt off.