There are so many emotions that you're feeling, you can get stifled by them if you're feeling them all at once. What I try to do is take one moment - one simple, simple feeling - and expand it into three-and-a-half minutes.

I get nervous for everything - literally everything.

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.

You realize the bad guy isn't wearing a black cape or easy to spot; he's funny, makes you laugh, and has perfect hair.

Never regret your past. You have to move on and learn from it.

I think I’ve developed this pattern of running away when it comes time to fall in love and stay in a relationship.

I've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.