When you see something bad happening out in the world, you should try to help in whatever way you can.
I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is – this thing that happens to everyone, so I’ve heard.
I’d like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!
I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can’t get bitter, we can’t get jaded.
I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.
I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.
I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn’t happen.
I think I’ve developed, as many people do, this sense of, ‘Don’t say the wrong thing, or else people will point at you and laugh.’
I think about food literally all day every day. It’s a thing.
I was never a boy magnet at school. There was always the girl all the guys liked and wanted to date, but it was never me.
I’ve been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It’s like a daily routine.
I’ve got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.
I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.
If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.
I never want to end up being a self-centered, vain human being.
I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.
You will never be able to find happiness if you stay attached to the wrong person and don’t move on.
I get so excited when a song I wrote that’s very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
But I say to Apple with all due respect, we don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.