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" I'd say some of my earliest scent memories are from home - just things that were around my house, and my mom's cooking. "
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" Love is probably the strongest emotion that you can feel. It's very natural - and I wouldn't want to say easy - but natural and comfortable to write about, and there's so many different forms of it, millions of layers - you could write forever about it. "
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" Did people care about how a singer sounded live back in the day? I don't really feel like they did. Not everything was being filmed. Today, one huge mess-up, and millions are seeing it. There's a lot more on the line nowadays. We're so cautious and scared of messing up. It adds a lot of stress to a career. "
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" When I first started playing guitar, so many people told me I couldn't do this or couldn't do that. But I kept at it and ignored that. "
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" I'm tortured because I care. "
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" I love Milan, and I'm not just saying that. It's a city that gives me a great sense of euphoria. I can't explain why, but I feel a special energy there. "
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" It was incredible being on tour with Taylor Swift: she was the epitome of a professional, and she works so hard. For someone as successful as her to work that hard every night - truly inspirational. "
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" So many of my songs are based on things that either happened to me or to someone I know, but there are also ones where I've written a made-up story. All of them are about very real emotions, and I just find different ways to express them. "
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" I'd love to work with Bruno Mars and Ryan Tedder. "
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" Sometimes I get more excited for shows that I know are going to be quieter because it gets me more inspired to be more of a showman and be more of an entertainer and forces me to work harder. "
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" My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it. "
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" Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre. "
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" I'm not the best singer in the world; I'm just good at picking up what I want to sound like. "
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" It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved. "
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" I don't really like to say, 'This is where I'll be in five years,' because I truly have no idea. "
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" Being a sex symbol isn't cool unless you're in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex symbol. "
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" No matter what, I'm trying to have fun and, depending on the mood, fun can be on a roller coaster and playing onstage, or fun can be sitting in a room with three of your best friends talking for two hours. "
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