“Men are not as sophisticated as women. They’re not as mature as women. They’re not as connected with their emotions as women…”

People always – when you rise, whenever you’re getting to a point where you’re a very big band, which is a very rare thing, there are always going to be people that aren’t going to like you.

I’ve got the moves like Jagger.

That’s not true. I did not have sexual intercourse with Lindsay Lohan. … A lot of people probably did, I don’t know, [but I did not].

Taylor Swift is super charming. Damn you Swift.

I’m fiercely independent, but I’m also terrified of being alone.

A lot of times people will think, ‘I’m strong, I’m in shape; why can’t I do this pose?’ But that’s not the point.

Playing a show before thousands of people is a highly unnatural state, and when I get on the mat to do an hour of yoga before the show, I come out physically relaxed.

Acne may be good at destroying self-confidence, but Proactiv+ is good at destroying acne.

I’d rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored

I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.

It’s sweet that I don’t have to do my laundry.

The Voice’ is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.

Men need to live and breathe women.

I don’t date my girlfriend because she’s a model. I date her because I love her.

I don’t know if it’s possible to live the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle and still be romantic.

I’m cocky. It’s different. Cocky is playful.

Like ‘naive,’ ‘impulsive’ and ‘way too connected online,’ are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.

I think when you find depression and sadness and hopelessness, Many times it’s connected to certain food and access to quality and nutrition.

And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor

Growing inequality is a huge problem, and of course is intimately connected to xenophobia and racism.

I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn’t have, or what I still wanted.

I think that’s why it feels like songs are really connected, and I like that. They’re all worked on kind of like a little family.

Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are.

One of the reasons I’ve felt so connected to poetry throughout the years is because it’s the only art form that has breath built into it. And I need that breath now. I need that breath so much. So, yes, it is a refuge for me. Absolutely.