Promise me this, that you'll stand by me forever. But if God forbid Fate should step in and force us into a goodbye. If you have children someday, when they point to the pictures please tell them my name. Tell them how the crowd went wild, tell them how I hope they shine.

I think I feel in love with words before I feel in love with music.

My career always involved being the person in charge of what I was portraying to people. "I never wanted to be an image of something I didn't believe in, an image that somebody else had put together. The idea of that just really scared me, more than the idea of failing.

Maybe you're not meant to fit in. maybe you're supposed to stand out.

Sophistication isn't what you wear and who you know.

You might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not.

You need to be happy with yourself or you'll never be able to be happy in a relationship.