Different phases of your life have different levels of deep, traumatizing heartbreak, and in this period of my life, my heart was not irreparably broken. So it’s not as boy-centric of an album, because my life hasn’t been boy-centric.

I've learned through writing that if something made me feel deeply or anything at all, it was worth it.

Wow I can't belive I won. This is awesome. Don't trip and fall. I'm gonna get to thank the fans, this is so cool. Oh, Kanye West is here. Cool haircut. What are ya doing there... Ouch... I guess I'm not gonna get to thank the fans.

I love to write honest songs that name real people, then get up onstage and live out those emotions in front of 15,000 people.

A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out.

Nothing ruins your day more than getting a bad review.

You start to realize that the things that are different about you are the things that make you special. And, as cliche as at that sounds, you realize that if you are lucky enough to have something that is different about you...don't try to hide it. I don't try to blend in anymore, it's all about standing out.