When you say, 'I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,' people always say, 'Oh, really?' They think of the TV show. So I just say, 'A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.'

I still like to live in a whimsical world that seems more romantic and fantasy-related because real life seems so hard

Walking through a crowd, the village is aglow. Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats, under coats. Everybody here wanted something more. Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before. And it said, 'Welcome to New York,' It's been waiting for you. It's a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat forevermore. The lights are so bright, but they never blind me.

You've got every right to a beautiful life

One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.

If you can figure out how you're feeling, then maybe you have a chance of getting over it.

Just because as human beings, what we can't have is what we reply in our head over and over again before we go to sleep.