One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.
I don't like to feel like I'm some fragile package that has to be shipped by high-priority mail and handled with white gloves.
I've been on tour since I was 16, and I always do meet-and-greets before and after shows, so you kind of build these friendships with people. I have girls come up to me and tell me exactly what's going on in their love lives.
In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.
I really like Lady GaGa and everything she is for her fans.
Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
Part of me feels you can't say you were truly in love if it didn't last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that's when I'll know it's real - because it lasted.
I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.
If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be.
I've always felt music is the only way to give an instantaneous moment the feel of slow motion. To romanticise it and glorify it and give it a soundtrack and a rhythm.
Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
Just because you make a good plan, doesn't mean that's what's gonna happen.
I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.
You can't be in love with a Google search.
When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I ever heard.' I'm thinking, 'That lyric just moves me. That lyric just said what I feel better than I could say it myself.'
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.
I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.
I would love to sign on to do a movie if it was the right role and if it was the right script, because I would be taking time away from music to tell a big grand story, and spend all of my time and pouring all of my emotions into being someone else. So for me to do that, it would have to be a story worth telling.
Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.
I haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I want it to be in the future.
