“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.”

Love as hard as you can, at all times.

No, I am not afraid; the Lord said he would protect me, and I have full confidence in His word.

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.

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.

Leadership is a choice one makes.

A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

Loving yourself means making choices that allow you to care for the important person that you are.

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

Asking “Am I choosing from my divinity or am I choosing from my humanity? “ opens the door for us to experience realms of reality that we may never have visited before.

Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.