I want to make a dent in the universe.

I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

Just as in ordinary life a man with a fixed life-goal... will always be superior to others who live aimlessly.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

People die but legends live forever.

It's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, and hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants to get down to. And one day you're going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl!