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" 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.' "

" That's the thing about awards - it's for the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes. An award is just a clap at them. "

" 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.' "

" We all need to stand together and be a part of creating the future we hope to see. "

" I think that it would be unwise of us not to believe that there is life outside of us, intelligent life. And so I do believe in aliens. "

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

" I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous. "

" I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. I'm not a technical person. Like, when I sing, I just want to sing the melody and write the lyrics. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" That's why 'Chandelier' was interesting to me... I wrote the song because there's so many party-girl anthems in pop. And I thought it'd be interesting to do a different take on that. "

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

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

" I don't want to be famous or recognizable. I don't want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet... I've been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like, and that's just not something I want. "

" 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 really don't know anything about music. "

" It can be difficult navigating the line between tabloid gossip and authenticity. "

" I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd. "

" A lot of people come up to me expecting to meet the person they have seen perform. It's not going to happen, unless my mania, my stage person, responds to them and not the real me. "

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

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

" I'm just a follower. "

" I'm just completely obsessed with Die Antwoord. "

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

" I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted. "

" 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? "

" I was really bored of making downtempo albums. "