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" All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head and be on the cover of 'Billboard,' see what I can get away with - if they'll let me.' And they let me. And I am literally giggling inside for, like, a month that I got away with it. "

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" There are probably five songs in the world that I get excited about when I hear them on the radio. "

" If Amy Winehouse was a beehive, then I guess I'm a blonde bob. "

" I don't really leave the house. "

" I'd had a relationship with a woman when I was 20, but nobody cared then. As it came out at the same time as my fame, I started to have panic attacks. "

" Sometimes, after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I'll be like, 'I have to keep it. I love it too much.' "

" My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men at Work. "

" I'm never going to sing the words, 'I want to shut down the club,' never, ever. "

" I'm sort of a gay man trapped in a woman's body when it comes to music sometimes - it's crowded in here! "

" Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I choose not to appear in anything publicly. Twitter's it! "

" When you're in a different place every day, there's this kind of madness that sets in. "

" I really felt like 'Chandelier' was a big pop song. But we weren't sure what would happen if I wasn't willing to show my face and do promo and go on tour and do the traditional kind of pop strategy. So I had no expectations. "

" Just, whenever you can, get up and sing at a gig or jam. If you have a chance, take it and keep on getting up. Keep going - but not If people boo, 'cause that's just mean. I think that could be setting yourself for disappointment. "

" When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity. "

" I don't want to have to do production, which is very technical. I don't enjoy that. "

" I have so much to thank reality TV for. "

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" When I write promotionally, I guess I give away the ones I'm less connected to. "

" I love the idea of how fast can we make the song, but I don't think that I'm necessarily, like, a super-talented songwriter. I think I'm just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit. "

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" I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing. "

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" The accolades don't nourish me - being with loved ones and my dogs does. "

" I toured for 13 years, and it was very lonely, and it was hard work. "