Quotes

Well, when it comes to life, I'm all about the journey.

I've been an athlete my whole life.

I was always a creative child. I also liked to paint and draw. All those years of doing those types of things, I was grateful I had those experiences because it changed my life later on. I know they weren't acceptable for what society assumed a boy should do, but I think its just your passion, it's what you're drawn to.

Things in life just happen and then you make the best of the situation and you keep moving.

Back in the day, when a man in a wig had to 'lip sync for their life,' they relied on a wig reveal, rose petals or picking up their opponent and twirling them around.

Everything that I was ridiculed for as a child - being too feminine or wearing a dress - has made my life fabulous now.

I'm fortunate that, in real life, I love what I do and get to celebrate it.

I don't like the Kardashians, but I still live a full life.

People feel they can just pass judgement with a tweet or with a comment and then you're supposed to change your life for them. I can't worry about what some phantom individual online has to say about me.

I can laugh at anything, there's humour in all of it and I think the minute you find it, the better life is.

Work was always a part of my life.

I don't dream. I'm not a person who makes a list of things that need to happen in my life. It just evolves, and you roll with the punches.

The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.

Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.

During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.

In my regular life, I don't really wear much makeup unless I'm going out.

I'm a pretty low key person when it comes to style, I love to be comfortable all the time. I love getting dressed up when I'm going out. But most of the time, I just like to be comfortable. It's really annoying to everyone in my life, but I love it.

I think every athlete wants to get sponsored. If you do really well in your sport, then I think sponsorship can help you get rewarded in that sense: doing what you can for your sponsor. It's just another achievement in life.

To the outside world, I was pretty bad at everything my whole life. People didn't credit me for my musicianship.

'Sally' is just a song that I wrote talking to my alter ego. When I write, I don't really consciously say, 'This is what I've been going through in my life, and I'm gonna put this into words.' It's just a song that I kinda went in and did. Then, listening back to it, I realized, 'I'm talking to myself.'

I always do what makes me happy - it doesn't make sense to live life unhappily.

I don't want to, in the last three minutes of my life, know that I lived it for somebody else.

A lot of the songs that I wrote during 'Pt. 1' and 'Pt. 2' are the first songs that I ever wrote that sounded like that. I was in this phase - a certain creative space in my life - personally and musically.

I've seen people pass away. I've seen how fragile life is.

Working with Rihanna has changed my life.