The world doesn’t owe you anything. You have to work for everything you get and you have to appreciate every bit of success the world gives you.

I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you.

Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.

so i sneak out to the garden to see you, we keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew, so close your eyes, escape this town for a little while.

In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.

They're [haters] just building you up to knock you down. But for me, they haven't.

The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.