No matter what, I always have expensive designer shoes. It's all about the shoes for me..

I'd like to go the Cher route and act and sing and write and have a TV show and do it all..

I've been close friends with Katy since teenagers, before she was Katy Perry. She's always been a great resource for me to pull from and watch - from….

When I go and write with other artists - a lot of the time it's with them - it's like a therapy session almost. I ask them what they're listening to ….

I have a reoccurring dream that I'm in the ocean in New Zealand and everything is completely upside down, because it's on the other side of the plane….

I love writing with Adam Lambert. He's really funny and very fun, he's a great friend..

Every time I work with Dr. Luke I learn something new. He's kind of like the Andy Warhol of pop music, where he mass produces his art but it always s….

I like to go to the movies at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They do this thing in The Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood where everybody sits ….

There's a feeling that you get when you write songs where... it feels like it's destined to do something. Then sometimes you get that feeling with a ….

As long as I can reach somebody, then I feel like I'm doing my job..

I've always felt my spirit animal was a Tiger, so it's funny that now in 'Roar' with Katy Perry - which is a song we write together - there's the lin….

I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about..

It's just funny that anybody would care at all to take apart the words that I write. It's kind of cool!.

I think I've learnt a lot about bullying and how to deal with bullying and how to get over that and to just be yourself and forget the haters..

I think the difference between a good song and a great song is... honestly, I think the lyrics, because if you have a really solid melody and solid t….

Obviously I love writing with Katy [Pery], I feel like we're the same person when we write together. Even though we fight a lot, we fight over every ….

A lot of people, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and a lot of people have written for other people, and of course Bruno Mars. So I think it's a great way to….

I love really kitschy bad movies. Showgirls is one of my favorites. I saw House of Versace and died. I'm a big fan of made-for-TV movies because thos….

If you can take it to the next level and really tell an interesting story in a unique and fresh way, then I feel like that's a great song..

In my head, I wanted to be Madonna, but the music I was writing on paper was not what you'd choreograph dancers in costumes to. It was more coffee-ho….

Cheating is bad. That's a big mistake I've made, and I've really hurt people. I've never lied about it, though. I've always been honest..