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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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" From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life. "

" I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it. "

" I love Australia; it was a really, really nice experience for me. It's such a beautiful place. The people are beautiful - like, really beautiful - and they are beautiful in terms of their personalities. It's a great place to be. It's like you are in a little bit of a dream world. "

" I can't believe how fast things have happened, and I'm just so honored that people are able to look to me as a leader. "

" I felt like there were so many talented people who should be getting what I have. "

" I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance. "

" Definitely, it's hard being a young artist and being taken seriously. "

" From day 1, Justin Timberlake has been a huge inspiration for me. "

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" I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as hard; it doesn't get easier, but that's why I love it: because it's a challenge every time. I also feel like I'm learning new ways. "

" Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs. "

" There's nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself. "

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Nothing

" There are tons of women's perfumes that I've smelt and been like, 'I love that. I would totally wear that,' and lots of women smell a lot of men's cologne and think the same thing about that. I think there should be no reason to put gender on it. "

" Ryan Tedder is just a beast. "

" I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work. "

" I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines. "

" 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. "

" I don't like age barriers. I don't like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are. "

" I'm not the best singer in the world; I'm just good at picking up what I want to sound like. "

" Absolutely, I never stop working on new music. "

" 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. "

" No matter where you play, a stadium or an arena, when you're present on stage, it's going to feel like a theater. "

" I'm tortured because I care. I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care. "

" You have to work the crowd. "

" I have a thing where if I'm not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse. "

" At 13, I loved how so many of my peers sang and played acoustic guitar, so I started recording videos with covers of famous songs and posting them online. "

" Being a sex symbol isn't cool unless you're in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex symbol. "

" I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great. "

" I was one of those kids who was just always on the Internet, always on YouTube, so it was easy for me to do it. It's not work. It's just fun. "

" If I don't have cereal on the bus, I'm going to be really upset. "