“The greatest power of the mass media is the power to ignore. The worst thing about this power is that you may not even know you’re using it.”

If you’re seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You’re just fighting different kinds of battles.

My album focuses on unrequited love quite a lot because I don’t think it’s spoken about enough in music. I’ve been through it myself and I found it hard to find songs that were about that, so I’ve definitely tried to make that a part of my album.

Everyone has sadness-I just get mine out in my music so that I can laugh and joke and flirt with you!

If to be old is not to be wise, then it is simply to be obsolete.

A news conference is a device by which the establishment keeps large numbers of reporters from covering the news every place else.

There were a lot of people who were willing to write a letter for me. Not because I was academically inclined, but because I worked hard.

I want to be rich in all the foods I’ve tasted and all the places I’ve been and all the people I’ve kissed.

No offense to people who go on Tinder but I just feel like it’s ruining romance, I really do.

One-hundred percent, even now I doubt myself. I don’t understand what people hear in my voice. I can’t hear it myself, if you know what I mean.

To control and enslave the minds of men, all one must do is convince them that a secret exists, and that he is privy to information regarding that secret; hence the power of priests and psychics.

Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys.

In the Lonely Hour is about a guy that I fell in love with last year, and he didn’t love me back. I think I’m over it now, but I was in a very dark place. I kept feeling lonely in the fact that I hadn’t felt love before.

I’ve actually tasted the beer; it’s quite nice. It’s called Samuel Smith, which is my actual name. It’s good beer. Maybe that’s my favorite.

I used to have a little whisky before I went on stage. I realized that could have slowly turned into something a bit more serious. I get hyped up. I also think doing it a lot, you get used to it. You get more confidence. It’s confidence building, really.

I’ve only been in unrequited relationships where people haven’t loved me back. I guess I’m a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.

Would to God, brethren, I could tell you WHO I am! Would to God I could tell you WHAT I know! But you would call it blasphemy and want to take my life!

New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.

Anything Drake drops is timeless. It’s always timeless, it’s always lit.

There are a lot of really good Punjabi films with great content pertaining to family drama, romance, and history.

I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.

No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.

I’m not great with money. I’d go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I’m not driven by it, but I love to be generous.

The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.