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" At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective. "

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" The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album. "

" Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people. "

" You numb yourself so you're not terrified when you're on TV at 7 o'clock in the morning with Justin Bieber, who you just met a couple of days before, having to perform in front of millions of people. "

" I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden. "

" You can be accessible without catering to an audience. "

" I like writing about places, about people and environments. When I create a world, it lets me go in and define the details of that world. "

" For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you. "

" Whether it's writing songs, being on stage, being interviewed, meeting fans - I just try to be myself, which is kind of exhausting because it almost feels like it never shuts off. "

" I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience. "

" The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music. "

" I wouldn't trivialize my existence into a hashtag. "

" I was always running off to the city, whether it was Philly or New York, going somewhere where there was something more for me. "

" I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state. "

" I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that? "

" I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better. "

" I'm learning slowly to not be as much of a control freak. I can't afford to be all the time, but I'm getting better at communicating. Delegating parts of my vision for other people to execute has made it an easier process for knowing what I want, and what people can handle, and what I should probably save for myself. "

" I'm a fixer, unfortunately. I'm like, 'Oh, I can fix you.' But it's not just guys I'm dating anymore. It's this entire legion of young girls who tell me they need me to maintain any sort of sanity or peace. "

" If I am who I am, I'm provocative, candid, and androgynous; there's nothing I can do that will make any fan think, 'I didn't expect that from her.' "

" I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music. "

" When I was in high school, I was a bad kid and a good student. "

" In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream. "

" I put 'Ghost' online hoping to make a couple hundred bucks, but then the next day, I took meetings with five different record companies. "

" I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights. "

" Every time I got to play a show, even if it's already sold out, I'm so scared no one's going to come. "

" I love Kanye West. I think he's a visionary. He's one of those people for whom I separate his personality from his artistry. "

" You don't know fear until it's 7 A.M. and freezing cold on live television, and you're not sure if Justin Bieber is going to kiss you or not. "

" I didn't even realize I was writing songs - I thought I was just being witty and sarcastic. "

" If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently. "