No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

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.

It’s the most maddening, beautiful, magical, horrible, painful, wonderful joyous thing in the world, love

I think my favorite thing about seasons changing is the opportunity to look different.

I want to write a song for someone who has just fallen in love or someone single and living their live.

I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn't happen.

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.