Thinking Quotes

Everyone’s been so quick to say that I’m really thick or I haven’t got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think.

I think it’s important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.

Don’t write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what’s in your heart.

It’s a waste of time to think that if you coloured a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.

I don’t think you can be too ashamed of anything as long as you were being yourself. I think why people feel, um, so entitled over me is that they’ve watched me grow up. But that’s a blessing and a curse.

I think music talks to you on an emotional level, regardless of where you’re from. I guess I related to the tempo of rap, the aggressiveness.

The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there’s this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, ‘Well, you say I’m a pop star, so maybe that’s not true.’

Life is strange. You keep moving and keep moving. Before you know it, you look back and think, ‘What was that?’

I don’t really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and sing it, so I won’t forget it.

This may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think: It can put you on the established path—the my-isn’t-that-impressive path—and keep you there for a long time.