Songwriter Quotes

“You gotta tell the story the way that it happened to you and the way you experienced it.”

“I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town”

“I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.”

“I would read the Shel Silverstein poems, Dr. Seuss, and I noticed early on that poetry was something that just stuck in my head and I was replaying those rhymes and try to think of my own. In English, the only thing I wanted to do was poetry and all the other kids were like, "Oh, man. We have to write poems again?" and I would have a three-page long poem. I won a national poetry contest when I was in fourth grade for a poem called "Monster In My Closet.”

“There is nothing wrong with avoiding people who hurt you.”

“My parents moved across the country so I could pursue a dream.”

“The beginning of love is all about the butterflies, but the end of it is when you can't get out of bed in the morning.”

“I’ll be strong, I’ll be wrong, oh but life goes onOh, I’m just a girl, trying to find a place in this world”

“What I've learned is not to change who you are, because eventually you're going to run out of new things to become.”

“Walking through a crowd, the village is aglow. Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats, under coats. Everybody here wanted something more. Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before. And it said, 'Welcome to New York,' It's been waiting for you. It's a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat forevermore. The lights are so bright, but they never blind me.”

“I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.”

“I do explore the emotion every once in a while. I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.”

“I think I fall into the category of the hopeless romantic, and I think youdo too, because you're here...The tricky thing about us, the hopeless romantic, is when we fall in love with someone, when we say hello—and it’s magical—we never imagine that hello can turn into a goodbye. And when we kiss someone—and it’s magical—we never ever imagine that it can turn into a last kiss.”

“All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.”

“If I had to give my younger self some advice, I think it would be that you have to laugh at things-things that scare you, things that intimidate you, things that hurt you, When you're humiliated, when you're rejected, you have to be able to take these bad experiences you have and turn them into a great dinner party joke.”

“FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again....even though every time you've tried before you've lost.”

“A great song will say how you feel better than you ever could.”

“Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.”

“Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you'll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone.”

“I don't think it's the most important thing in life to fit it. I think it's the most important thing in life to dance to the beat of your own drum and to look like you're having more fun than the people who look cool like they fit in.”

“Oh I don’t wanna grow up, wish I’d never grown upIt could still be simple.”

“Being "fearless" isn't about being unafraid, it's about being TERRIFIED and still going for it.”

“But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.”

“I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.”

“Everytime you smile, I smile And everytime you shine, I'll shine for you.”