When I think about the things that cause me pain or the things that cause me trouble or frustration, it's not people asking for my autograph; it's people breaking my heart. That happens to you whether you've sold millions of records or whether you're taking classes at college. You're going to believe people when they say that they love you. I don't leave out details when I write songs about that. I try to make my songs as personal as possible because, ultimately, my music started out as just trying to turn my diary entries into something that was a piece of music. And that has never changed.

I'm the girl who still believes prince charming exists somewhere out there.

I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.

I love Karlie Kloss. I want to bake cookies with her!

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

I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

The Moment I Knew" "was a song about my 21st birthday party, which was the worst experience ever.