"Draw near to Nature. Then try like some first human being to say what you see and experience and love and lose."
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"As if no one had ever tried before, try to say what you see and feel and love and lose."
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"A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed."
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"In short, I am doing what I can, I suffer with the same universal suffering, and I try to assuage it, I possess only the puny forces of a man, and I cry to all: “Help me!"
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"One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead."
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"There are so many emotions that you're feeling, you can get stifled by them if you're feeling them all at once. What I try to do is take one moment - one simple, simple feeling - and expand it into three-and-a-half minutes."
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"Every day was a struggle. Forget making plans for life - we were just trying to make it to next week."
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"There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you’re going to fall in love with."
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"People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened."
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"You start to realize that the things that are different about you are the things that make you special. And, as cliche as at that sounds, you realize that if you are lucky enough to have something that is different about you...don't try to hide it. I don't try to blend in anymore, it's all about standing out."
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"You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music."
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"When we're trying to move on, the moments we go back to aren't dull ones. They're the big moments that meant everything."
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"In school if you're different that's uncool. But I try to maintain confidence in who I am...because...you know...I don't really want to change it."
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"I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation."
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"If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be."
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"Appreciate what you have while you have it and the beauty in what’s there right now and try to preserve it for tomorrow."
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"It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs - because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told."
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"I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever - I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me."
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"Every time i try and wink at someone, I mess it up and end up scaring people."
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"I'm really trying to respond to the foods that are in the stores and just pulling the things that are the very best and cook what looks beautiful and is seasonal. That's the way to go. I love going to the grocery store and the market. None of it's drudgery for me. Washing dishes is the drudgery."
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