It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that there are people who can't or won't see what Black Lives Matter is trying to accomplish.
Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.
'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations. Spent a year making it perfect. Every song had at least, like, 7 different versions to them before picking the right one.
Be loyal to your own piece of mind.Collection: Mind
I know you've been trying to get a hold of me, but I can barely get a hold of myselfCollection: Trying
Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.Collection: Missing
Happiness exist when you don't know a thingCollection: Knowledge
Ain't nobody gonna care enough to catch you fall.Collection: Fall
Make me remember you like you remember me.Collection: Remember You
I'm too full to swallow my prideCollection: Pride
I ain't scared of the fall / I've felt the ground before.Collection: Fall
Im the most boring person to talk to.Collection: Boring
You know me, but you don't know me. I give you what I want to give you. I relate to villains like that - but I'm not out to destroy the world.Collection: Giving
Staying in a hopeless and miserable situation doesn't make you loyal, it just makes you miserable.Collection: Loyal
They asked me why I don't quit drinking, I told 'em I'm not a quitter.Collection: Drinking
Some people are just born wack, you can't teach certain wackness.Collection: People
What does it mean when your heart's already numb? You're a professional.Collection: Heart
I usually dont like to spoon feed my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.Collection: Symbolism
I went from staring at the same four walls for 21 years to seeing the whole world in just 12 months.Collection: Wall
Straight to the top, rooftop glows. With a hand full of girls and they all so foreign. Brain so poisoned, rainbows flowing.Collection: Girl
I feel like my singing is not conventional. I mean, if you look at technique, I'm not a technical singer.Collection: Mean
Once youve changed who you are or who youve portrayed in your music, the fans, theyll catch it... Once I feel like the world knows me for anything else but my music, then I feel like I failed.Collection: Fans
I can never be Michael Jackson or do what he did, but he is definitely a good inspiration: I want to give the kids that feeling.Collection: Inspiration
When Michael (Jackson) died, it felt like part of my family died. I want [my fans] to know that my music is for them and if, god forbid, anything happened [to me], it would be like a piece of them is gone.Collection: Fans
I've been singing my whole life. I'd randomly sing in the hallways at high school, and all my friends would be like, 'You should sing on 'Canadian Idol'!" It definitely gassed me!Collection: School