It’s not a bad Thing to fall in Love...
I’m a very melody-driven writer and I have a rule that I don’t write anything down because if I can’t remember the melody than it wasn’t worth remembering. So it’s my way to test myself in the studio. When I was a kid I could sing pretty well so melody always made a lot of sense to me.
My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It’s laid out for you. It’s just up to you to walk it.
The way I grew up, I was always taught that it’s uncouth to talk about money, and that’s not what should inspire you.
The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.
Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.
I think the first half of my 20s I felt I had to achieve, achieve, achieve. A lot of men do this. I’m looking around now and I’m like, Where am I running?
I think people sometimes don’t pay enough attention to what they do. I’ve done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I’ve worked my ass off. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy.
Just writing and being in the studio was like therapy for me.
True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.
If you’re a young person, like I used to be and you’re at home and you’re being called weird or different, I’m here to tell you your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won’t.
I believe in things I can count on, like beer and ESPN and my grandmother’s pecan pie.
A gentleman can never have too many bow ties.
True love, to me, is when she’s the first thought that goes through your head when you wake up, and the last thought that goes through your head before you go to sleep.
I can give you my personal opinion: love the music, hate the business. It’s a screwball business, and there are a lot of players who will straight-up lie to you.
If I’m not learning from something that I’m doing, then that means I’ve done it before. Do something different, even if it’s within the same medium.
Kate Moss. She looks good in anything. She would look good in one of your t-shirts, in her t-shirt, in a man’s suit, in a huge gown. She looks amazing naked. She even makes nude look stylish. That, to me, is a style icon. She could put a barrel on and it would be some sort of statement.
I know what it takes to put on a good show for the fans.
I pick my nose and I’m not ashamed to admit it. If there’s a bogey then just pick it, man.
The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent!