Quotes from Troye Sivan

It's really empowering when, as an artist, you can visualize something and then have the final product turn out the way you wanted it to.

I think pop music is in such an exciting place right now, and I do kind of credit that to Lorde with 'Royals.' I think that song changed everything in the pop scene. All of the sudden, alternative pop music became pop music.

To me, writing is a personal thing; I write super-personal, autobiographically.

Before I came out, the thought of someone calling me gay, even when I knew very well that I was, was petrifying.

The thing that I really want to try and do is just live my life really openly and honestly. I think there's so much power in that, as simple as it is.

I think that the beauty of 'Spud' is that everyone can connect to the character of Spud in so many ways. It's about real experiences that happen to kids all the time.

In front of a big group of people, in front of cameras, to be in my body and be in that moment, I feel the way that I've always wanted to feel - like a real pop star who is not holding anything back.

I feel like I'm the most creative when I'm bored.

I'm the type of person who listens to like sad music when I'm sad to feel sadder, and to feel sorry for myself.

If I want to be remembered as anything in this life it's just 'nice'.I feel like being nice to others is the coolest thing anyone can be.

Before coming out, I remember distinctly feeling like there was a delay on my life.

I share every aspect of my life with the internet. Whether or not that's a good thing I don't know.

I'm so ludicrously lucky, it would be disgusting if I didn't acknowledge it.

At some point in my life I would like to win a Grammy. I think that would be a good thing to do.

People think I must have pushy parents, but that's not the case.

I feel like part of getting better at writing is knowing where to find that inspiration. Right after something happens to me, the first thing I'll do is go write when those feelings are really, really fresh.

All my friends were doing just dumb stuff that kids do, like making out with people at parties and starting to date... I didn't know any gay people growing up or any queer people growing up, and so I just really felt alone and kind of lost, and I just wasn't experiencing life.

The most radical thing that I can do is share how happy I am.

I'm so thankful that I have gotten the opportunity to fulfill my life purpose of staying inside on tumblr all day.

I'm lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that's like, 'Write whatever you want to write.' I don't have to hide anything.

I genuinely love you all and the fact that some of you are not feeling so great at the moment really really upsets me.

I love you as much as I love Nutella.

There are people in the world who 1,000% will love you just the way you are. So no matter what, keep that in mind.

I know who I am, and I know what my ambitions are. If one kid sees me on TV or sees me in a movie and relates, then I'm done. That's perfectly fine. That's enough for me.