“I think I’ve learnt a lot about bullying and how to deal with bullying and how to get over that and to just be yourself and forget the haters.”

In real life I’m pretty easy going and pretty chill, I’m not the party girl who will go wild and crazy necessarily.

If you can take it to the next level and really tell an interesting story in a unique and fresh way, then I feel like that’s a great song.

I think one day I’d like to win an Oscar.

I am a little crazy but when I’m on-stage, then I really get to play it up and perform and be over the top and it’s like an outlet. It’s fun to ‘wild’ out.

It’s nice to really have the freedom to write what I want.

Ke$ha is super talented and super fun and always down to party – I love that girl.

I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.

Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.

Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.

Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That’s just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it… that’s excellence.

The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life–or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else’s life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window.

Grieving, like being blind, is a strange business; you have to learn how to do it. We seek company in mourning, but after the early bursts of tears, after the praises have been spoken, and the good days remembered, and the lament cried, and the grave closed, there is no company in grief. It is a burden borne alone.