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

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" When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more. "

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

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

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

" It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out. "

" 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 get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want. "

" '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 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. "

" 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. "

" What I do enjoy is the creative process. "

" I really felt like 'Chandelier' was a big pop song. But we weren't sure what would happen if I wasn't willing to show my face and do promo and go on tour and do the traditional kind of pop strategy. So I had no expectations. "

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

" I just want to be a good storyteller. "

" 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.' "

" I like the Carpenters and Elvis. "

" The songs that work best are broad lyrically and have one strong concept in the metaphor. "

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

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

" 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 do not love performing. I get really scared. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't care about commercial success. I get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want. "

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

" 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. "

" There are probably five songs in the world that I get excited about when I hear them on the radio. "

" 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. "