Christina Perri quotes:

I'm a total protein shake junkie nerd. I get creative every morning - you never know what you're gonna get in my shake... fruit? Peanut butter? Ice-cream?

You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.

I took time off from school and traveled to Italy when I was 19, living with my extended family members. I must have slept in 30 different houses those months, taken in by people who'd never even met me.

Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to.

I was kind of an outcast in school 'cause I always kept to myself and was writing poetry and then going on tour with my brother band all the time, so kids didn't know what to make of me.

My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.

Everything around me inspires and influences me. Mainly love - falling in it, losing it, loving it and hating it.

Music has been my everything since day one. It's been my shoulder to cry on, my rock and my best friend.

And all along I believed I would find you. Time has brought your heart to me. I have loved you for a thousand years. I'll love you for a thousand more.

How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?

Learning to let things go is key for a good quality of living.

I try to get through emotional pain and not go around it, it always ends sooner that way. I also use chocolate.

It felt very natural to me to write a Christmas song, but at the same time I had to really put all sorts of pressure aside and just let the creativity flow and see what came out.

When people come to my shows, they have the freedom to feel something, and we're all just a big bowl of feels.

I'm only human, and I bleed when I fall down.

You're gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul

Do what scares you, your dreams are there waiting for you.

Don't count the miles, count the I love you's!

What I really love is touring on a bus with my band playing shows every night and feeling the audience, feeling the presence of people actually listening to my music. Feeding my soul is what touring feels like for me and I absolutely refuse to have a bad time doing something I really, really love.

I believe if I knew where I was going, I'd lose my way.

If you could envision... the meaning of a tragedy... you might be surprised to hear, its you and me.

I have died everyday, waiting for you.

In real life, I'm such a dorky, happy person. I express myself in three ways: I talk a lot, I write songs and I get tattoos.

I don't take anything too seriously. If I do, I realize pretty quickly that's why I'm uncomfortable.

I depend on my family and friends a lot. I have a group of people I'm always honest and current with. I try to get through pain and not go around it, it always ends sooner that way.

It's all going to be okay.