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" I don't need to be rich anymore; I don't need to be a millionaire. "

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" 'Titanium' wasn't supposed to be me singing, but they put my demo vocal back on. "

" When I was 21, I went to London and lived there for eight years. "

" I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.' "

" I'm a fan of the Strokes, so my big fantasy was that one day I would get to sing with them. "

" I don't really identify as gay; I don't really know what I am. "

" I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art. "

" I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "

" Everybody in the entertainment industry is insecure. "

" I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic. "

" People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff. "

" The hour and a half I'm on stage is my favourite part of the day when I'm on tour because the only part I really love is the interaction with the audience. "

" When I'm writing a pop song, I'll just write formulaically, strategically. "

" Life is pretty surreal and awesome. "

" 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 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. "

" The 'victim to victory' theory is that, if you listen to the radio, a large percentage of the hits are... about victim to victory, like, 'I'm having a terrible time.' And then the pre-chorus is, 'I don't know what's gonna happen next.' And the chorus is, 'Now I'm brilliant, and everything is great, because something happened to make it great.' "

" So where a lot of people will spend three weeks on one song, I will write 10 in three weeks. Maybe the song that they sculpt is going to be as successful as just one of the 10 that I wrote. "

" I guess I don't know if I'm comfortable with fame or touring or promo or any of that stuff, and I really discovered that I love working for people and co-writing and working under someone. "

" I think it's impossible not to see something you wanted happen to someone else and maybe wish it for yourself. "

" 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. "

" If a transporter could send me from the bed with the dogs watching crappy TV to the stage five minutes before I go on, then immediately back to bed, I would love it. "

" I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent. "

" I think that the stuff I write for pop music is terribly, terribly cheesy. "

" About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time. "

" I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age. "

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

" I was too embarrassed to tell anyone I wanted to make a movie because I thought it would be seen as a vanity project because I was a singer. "