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" 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. "

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

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

" 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'm never going to sing the words, 'I want to shut down the club,' never, ever. "

" I got a little bit famous. I didn't like it. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When I write promotionally, I guess I give away the ones I'm less connected to. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" '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 don't really leave the house. "

" 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. "

" Usually, the song will tell me who it belongs to. It seems clear to me who would do a good job with it, who it suits. "

" I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where I became a hopeless romantic. I draw from that a lot. "

" When you're entertaining all day long and that's your work, you end up really very tired. You don't have a lot of energy left over for your loved ones. "

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

" What I do enjoy is the creative process. "

" I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like a song so much, I keep it for myself. "

" I don't need security detail; I don't need anything special. I just walk around, and I can do that, and that's a real luxury when you're in my industry. "

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

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