“I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was.”

“It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live.”

“Trying to force creativity is never good.”

“It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing.”

“There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others.”

“Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore.”

“Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.”

“We are in an age of technology where we sit in our little cubicles and we IM each other and Skype each other and never connect as human beings.”

“I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.”

“I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was.”

“Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. I blamed myself for a lot of things. It took me a very long time to get over it.”