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.

If you're lucky enough to have something that makes you different, don't ever change.

There's a lot of pressure putting an album out all over the world and hoping people everywhere like it.

There’s something to be said for being young and needing someone so badly that you jump in headfirst without looking.

There’s a general rule that I always go by, and it’s that you fall for who you fall for. Whatever small issue you get hung up on, whether it’s because they’re shorter than you, younger than you or they live far away - if you really are crazy about someone, none of that matters.

Be yourself and the right people will love you.

My parents raised me to never feel like I was entitled to success.That you have to work for it. You have to work so hard for it. And sometimes then you don't even get where you need to go.