I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.

I write a lot of songs about love and I think that’s because to me love seems like this huge complicated thing. But it seems like every once in a while, two people get it figured out, two people get it right. And so I think the rest of us, we walk around daydreaming about what that might be like. To find that one great love, where all of a sudden everything that seemed to be so complicated, became simple. And everything that used to seem so wrong all of a sudden seemed right because you were with the person who made you feel fearless.

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.

Never let a boy be your life. They can live in your world, but never make a guy your world.

Be yourself, chase your dreams, and just never say never. That's the best advice I could ever give someone.

I think that personality traits that come through when somebody is really sincere is what makes them beautiful.

There is nothing wrong with avoiding people who hurt you.