“First of all, I’m not gay. Second of all, it shouldn’t make a difference if I was or if I wasn’t.”

Every time I write a song my approach changes.

Every time I write a song my approach changes.

Every time I write a song my approach changes.

Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.

Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.

Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.

The people who are No. 1 are No. 1 for a reason.

My mom says I’m not allowed to move out, but I’m allowed. I said I have to FaceTime her every night to make dinner with her because I won’t be able to do it myself. So she said she’ll accept it if I do that.

There’s a lot more to success than just singing.

I’m a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.

I’d say some of my earliest scent memories are from home – just things that were around my house, and my mom’s cooking.

I’m always wanting to spread as much positivity as possible, so I really try to keep that the case with my fans and with the campaigns that I do.

There’s nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself.

Chance The Rapper is just unreal: he’s changing rap and really creating this whole amazing new style.

I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.

I don’t really look into the past too much.

What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil’s means; great teachers foresee a pupil’s ends.

Sometimes there is a difference in what is legal and what ought to be done.

The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.

Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.

A wedding is and event, but marriage is a life.

The older you get, the more you learn to see what you’ve been taught to see. When you’re a kid, you see what’s there.