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

Someone was like, ‘If you wanna be a celebrity, know that every girl you talk to is going to be your girlfriend.’ And I was like, ‘Fine. I accept that for getting to do what I love for the rest of my life.’

I really like brunettes.

I’d rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.

I started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with.

I work so hard to make that sure I’m successful. If you’re positive and really excited and enthusiastic about what you’re doing, it’s going to happen, and it’s going to happen big time.

No matter what, I’m trying to have fun and, depending on the mood, fun can be on a roller coaster and playing onstage, or fun can be sitting in a room with three of your best friends talking for two hours.

I was one of those kids who was just always on the Internet, always on YouTube, so it was easy for me to do it. It’s not work. It’s just fun.

I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.

From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life.

I think it’s not about what you say; it’s about what you don’t say.

With love, there are so many layers to it that you can write all day about it. It’s not just heartbreak or falling in love; there’s so many different ways to look at it.

I’d say the best scents are ones that don’t overtake a room. I love things that remind me of the outdoors and home.

I’ve always been really tall and lanky.

I’m very, very amateur, which is funny because I’m not in the amateur leagues.

I think I was just bored one summer afternoon, and I decided to post a little video of me singing and playing guitar out of tune.

Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.

Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.

However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

I’ve learned that it’s harder to hate up close.

Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.

All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.

I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.

As a kid, you learn to measure long before you understand the size or value of anything. Eventually, if you’re lucky, you learn that you’ve been measuring all wrong.

We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.