I felt like my favorite writers have almost musical hooks in their work, whether it's poetry or a hook at the end of a chapter that makes you want to read the next one. And I think that my favorite writers definitely have something musical about what they do, in saying something so relatable and universal and so simple.
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
I have never used Auto-Tune in a live television performance, and I have never used Auto-Tune in any of my concerts. That is a promise.
The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation, so make your words count.
I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn't say in real life.
All of my songs are autobiographical.
And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.
I think that you can love people without it being the great love.
