There's a kind of bad that gets so overpowering you can't even talk about it.

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.

And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.

I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.

When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.

The worst possible way a relationship can end is when somebody cheats on somebody else.

I've seen my friends take someone back after they've cheated because they fit perfectly.