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" When I was outed by Perez Hilton as bisexual, I suddenly started being asked personal questions, which was really difficult. "

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" When I'm writing a pop song, I'll just write formulaically, strategically. "

" I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at. "

" When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I always write with a co-writer. "

" Probably from, like, 10 to 14 or 15, I would just listen to pop radio. "

" 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. "

" I can clear my mind, and lyrics just come out; it's very easy for me. "

" I don't want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet. "

" The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in. Because I have a list of possible titles and concepts, and I expand on that. "

" I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art. "

" 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 appreciate my music is famous, but I'd rather my face wasn't so that I can just live a normal life. "

" In my sobriety, I have discovered that the people I love, and who hurt me, were sick like me. "

" What I do enjoy is the creative process. "

" 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'm acting a lot when I'm writing for other people. "

" I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy. "

" I'm sort of a gay man trapped in a woman's body when it comes to music sometimes - it's crowded in here! "

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

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

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

" I'm fine around other people's feelings. It doesn't make me nervous or anxious. "

" I just want to be a good storyteller. "

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

" A lot of the time, I don't actually relate to what I'm writing about in pop songs. "

" I don't really listen to music. I don't. I watch television. "

" I hope I am a psychotherapist's dream. I've spent enough hours in therapy. "

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

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

" 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? "