I’m very shy and I’m always embarrassed when people are interested in what I do. I’m not an exhibitionist.

Sometimes, love feels like a life or death situation. Losing true love is pretty much as bad as it gets, other than actually dying or losing good health. Most people know that. Most people can relate. It’s like the end of the world.

Happiness is a butterfly. Try to catch it like every night. It escapes from my hands into moonlight.

Blue jeans, white shirt, walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn.

I think that plain old intellectualism a more powerful force than the idea of the femme fatale.

My dancing is Hawaiian-inspired but I also get a little fresh when it comes to my faster songs.

Bad things happen everyday but you’re not going to be any happier thinking about them. So I don’t think about them.

Oh my heart it breaks every step that I take.

But I’m just a soul whose intentions are good.

When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn’t believe in.

I’d liked my first record, it was autobiographical and beautiful.

Nothing I ever wrote had a message. It was just my own personal experience.

My father’s love was always strong / My mother’s glamour lives on and on / Yet still inside, I felt alone / For reasons unknown to me.

It’s nice to be in love.

My idea of a true feminist is a woman who feels free enough to do whatever she wants.

It’s just a relief, really. I’m scared to die, but I want to die.

Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people.

I love tropical worlds. Words that suggest a heavenly afterlife, like heaven or paradise.

Dark and lonely, I need somebody to hold me.

My mum and my dad. They both like to sing, they have really nice voices. And my sister and brother are good singers too.

Sun and ocean blue, their magnificence, it don’t make sense to you.

You’re divine. Didn’t anyone ever tell you It’s OK to shine?

Springsteen is the king, don’t you think? I was like, hell yeah, that guy can sing.

Every now and then the stars align, boy and girl meet by the great design.

I [understand] what it’s like to be [emotionally] at war with yourself.

There’s no use in talking to people who have a home, they have no idea what its like to seek safety in other people, for home to be wherever you lay your head.

We didn’t know that we had it all but nobody warns you before the fall.

Kiss me hard before you go. Summertime sadness. I just wanted you to know. That, baby, you’re the best.

Kiss me hard before you go.

For me, you are the one, and if I’m not the one for you, don’t you say it.

Summer’s meant for loving and learning; I was such a fool for believing that you could change.

He admires me, The way I roll like a rolling stone.

There are roses in between my thighs and fire that surrounds you.

I only know how to do me, so that’s just what I’m going to do.

I mainly let my imagination be my reality. Fantasy is my reality.

My understanding of God has come from my own personal experiences. Because I was in trouble so many times in New York that if you were me, you would believe in God too.

Putting your faith in the people is like building a house in the sand.

Loving you forever can’t be wrong. Even though you’re not here, can’t move on.

In the land of gods and monsters, I was an angel.

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

Come and take a walk on the wild side, let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain.

I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast I am alone in the night Been trying hard not to get into trouble, but I I’ve got a war in my mind So, I just ride.

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It’s the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

Every time I close my eyes, it’s like a dark paradise. No one compares to you, but there’s no you, except in my dreams tonight.

I want money, power, and glory.

I’ve been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.

My intention was never to transform into a different person. What other people think of me is none of my business.

I’m not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

And when you cry, I’ll be right there telling you, you were never anything less than beautiful.

Life is beautiful, but you don’t have a clue.

I said real love, it’s like feeling no fear when you’re standing in the face of danger.

I’m laughing all the way to the bank because I’m making music that I love and I’m proud of.

If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That’s what inspired the ‘Off to the Races’ melodies. That’s one of the times when you’re feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

When I was very young I was sort of floored by the fact that my mother and my father and everyone I knew was going to die one day, and myself too. I had a sort of a philosophical crisis. I couldn’t believe that we were mortal.

In New York I pretty much live in diners – I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.

Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry.

I don’t know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.

Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone. Who had nothing, who wanted everything.

I believe in the person I want to become.

I’m a sad girl, in this big world, it’s a mad world.

Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry / Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough / I don’t know why.

I was, you know, a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day.

I just [don’t] understand why true love shouldn’t be the end-all, be-all.

I let go the idea of success in the traditional way. I wasn’t having much luck as a singer and I was okay with that.

Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people- and finally I did- on the open road. We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.

Loving me is all you need to feel.

If you weren’t mine, I’d be jealous of your love.

Think I’ll miss you forever. Like the stars miss the sun in the mornin’ sky.

My sister’s first-born child, I’m gonna take that too with me. My grandmother’s last smile, I’m gonna take that too with me. It’s a beautiful life, remember that too for me.

Do you know how expensive it is to look this cheap?

Be young, be dope, be proud.

Life is awesome, I confess.

All the pretty stars shine for you, my love.

I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I’m at war with myself I ride, I just ride.

Hello heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night.

I’ve got a war in my mind.

I’ve got nothing much to live for ever since I found my fame.

Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.

Even if you’re the best singer in the world, there’s a good chance no one will ever hear.

Finding your own path is not for the faint of heart. It’s the harder path.

I wish I was dead already.

I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.

You fit me better than my favourite sweater.

Will you still love me, when I’m no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?

Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping, and who is worth letting go.

You know, I have slept with a lot of guys in the industry. But none of them helped me get my record deals. Which is annoying.

I know now that it’s really important to feel beautiful. There is a power to that.

There’s a backlash about everything I do.

Not even they can stop me Now. Their heavy words cant bring me down.

They judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read.

Can you make it feel like home if I tell you you’re mine?

I’m a writer first and a singer second.

Find someone who has the life that you want and figure how they got it. Read books. Pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.

Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don’t know why.

I had a vision of making my life a work of art and I was looking for people who always felt that way.

A touch from your real love, it’s like heaven taking the place of something evil.

When you’re an introvert like me and you’ve been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached to them. It’s a real release.

Been trying hard not to get into trouble, but I’ve got a war in my mind. So, I just ride.

When your happiness is someone else’s happiness, that is love.

I feel free when I see no one and nobody knows my name.

Feeling like you’re respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.

Not even they can stop me Now. Their heavy words cant bring me down.

Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going.

Feet don’t fail me now Take me to your finish line.

I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like to have — but I have it.

Life is beautiful, but you don’t have a clue.

I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I’ve had and also the people I’ve had around me.

A man’s ego is just as fragile as a woman’s heart.

It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is.

Be the art that life is breathing. Be the soul the world is living.

No one compares to you, but there’s no you, except in my dreams tonight.

Got my blue nail polish on. It’s my favorite color and my favorite tone of song.

When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.

I’m not really interested in a ton of female musicians but there is something about Britney that compelled me – the way she sings and just the way she looks.

He said to be cool, but I’m already coolest.

The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime.

Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won’t fail forever.

I pretend I’m not hurt, I walk about the world like I’m having fun.

No matter how many people give me advice, I am going to do what my heart tells me to do.

I’m interested in the gorgeous side of life, but also familiar with the dark side too.

We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I’m writing about New York.

Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.

Be like snow – cold, but beautiful.

Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.

It’s not fashionable to love me.

I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan.