being fearless doesn't mean you have no fears. it means you're strong enough to face them

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.

I do not need some guy around in order to get inspiration, in order to make a great record, in order to live my life, in order to feel okay about myself. And I wanted to show my fans the same thing.

I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!

The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name; it's beautiful, wonderful, don't you ever change.

I love trying to beat what I've done so far.

It's one of the craziest feelings to be on stage and know that you were sitting on your bedroom floor when that song came to be and now there's an arena full of people singing it.