When you love someone so deeply they become your life, it's easy to succumb overwhelming fears inside. Blindly I imagined I could keep you under a glass. Now I understand to hold you I must open my hand and watch you rise

I'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count

Never, never listen to anybody that tries to discourage you