You cannot teach a person how to write songs. It's about being your own person and following your instincts.

I feel like, when you turn on the radio and you hear a great song, you know it's a great song, and you sing along. We all know what a great song sounds like, so we all have that instinct, it's just being able to accept your own instincts when you write that song.

You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

People have mentioned, 'Maybe you should try to be more sexy. Look at how this butt stuff propelled this person to the top of the chart; it's amazing!' And I'm like, 'What if I really want to sing something to people?' I speak my mind. I want to be that person people feel they can listen to.

It's hard to dance to really fast music. All you can do is pump your fist to it, and after a while, you're going to have a seizure.