When I'm thinking about going on a date with some guy or considering liking him, it really doesn't matter what they do or how that affects my career.

I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.

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

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

It's been occurring to me I'd like to hang out with you, for my whole life.1

'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.

A song is a favorite song, not because the singer can hit and hold a high note, but because of the words, their meaning.