Heartbreak is the national anthem. We sing it proudly.

People like you always want back the love they pushed aside. But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye.

The music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don’t agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.

I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well

I could make the bad guys good for a weekend.

There are beautiful things about both being in love and being out of love. I just think you have to find those things.

When you strategize a relationship too much, like, "We're not gonna be public about it, and we're gonna say this in interviews," when you think it all out, I think that complicates the relationship and I think that's unfair for the relationship.