I never even went to high school because I went straight from middle school into the music business. I don't really know what it is supposed to be like.

College is for finding yourself. I've established who I want to be.

I want to go to Berkeley and major in music.

My style philosophy is: Be comfortable.

I love to dress myself. I have a unique style, but I don't try to do that - I just put on whatever I feel good in that day.

I'm a bargain shopper.

I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since.

[I can't start the day without] checking my cellphone... I love messages!

Can't sleep unless the TV is on.

Even though I am going to miss out on my prom or I am going to miss out on walking across stage to accept my diploma, that's OK to me because I know I will have other perks in life.

I want to be around for a long time, I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I hope I'll be 50 years old and still making music.

Strive for perfection, knowing it will never be achieved.

If the purpose of your life is to seek happiness, you will be happy even if you are not a success.

And then the days came when I was alone.

All recurring joy is pain refined.

It's very important that people aspire to be successful. The only way you can do it is if you look at somebody who is.

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

There is the in-breath and there is the out-breath, and too often we feel like we have to exhale all the time. The inhale is absolutely essential - and then you can exhale.

The ideal may seem remote of execution, but the democratic ideal of education is a farcical yet tragic delusion except as the ideal more and more dominates our public system of education.

A handful of letters doesn't always make a word, love.

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace