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" I don't want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet. "

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

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

" I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars. "

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

" I'm just a follower. "

" When I was outed by Perez Hilton as bisexual, I suddenly started being asked personal questions, which was really difficult. "

" That would really be my fantasy - maybe just do three shows a year and each year in a different city, just singing for the people who really want to see it, and then just write for other people. I do love to sing, but I'm just as happy singing in the bathtub, you know? "

" 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 like to sing, and I like to make records - and that part is fun. "

" I love hip hop, and I have a bunch of urban songs I write for fun that I can't put on my albums because people would laugh and point. "

" Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening. "

" I don't need to sing in front of thousands, as I can sing in the shower. "

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

" 'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals. "

" I love TV, and I love movies, and I pull so much content from the drama in all of those mediums and put them into songs. "

" As a person, I'm a good person who shows up for my friends. I do my best to be good. As an artist, I have no idea. "

" I can clear my mind, and lyrics just come out; it's very easy for me. "

" I don't listen to the albums that I make, and I don't listen to a lot of music as a whole. "

" I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don't care if they think I'm like someone else because I know I'm not - I'm a total weirdo. I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. I'm just trying to sell music and get on with my real life. "

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

" I thought I was going to be an actor. I liked entertaining. I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age. My family was kind of musical, and there were people in the circus next door and actors across the road. I just enjoyed messing around with music growing up, but I really thought I was going to be an actor. "

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

" I don't know anything about the history of music. "

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

" Fame made me develop a panic disorder. "

" I don't go to shows because I just want to listen to the music performed live. I want to get to know the person who's performing it. Or I want to, like, take away a sense that I had an experience that nobody else is going to have again, or a unique experience for that moment. "

" I really don't know anything about music. "

" 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.' "

" This is a sick business. It's so sad. "