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" Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it. "

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" I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun! "

" I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about. "

" I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane. "

" I'm interested in Jackson Pollock's kind of art, where art is beautiful, but it's nothing, and yet it's incredible. "

" A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents. "

" If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation. "

" All of my songs are autobiographical. "

Autobiographical

" Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it's a green light. "

" When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears. "

" I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything. "

" 'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer. "

" I'm not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I'm seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me. "

" Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I've had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him. "

" Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page. "

" A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it. "

" I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine. "

" I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry, your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second. "

" No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. "

" I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt. "

" You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that. "

" There are no rules when it comes to love. "

" I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about. "

" I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up. "

" When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden. "

" What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream. "

" Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options. "

" Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult! "

" It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye. "