Top 33 Nick Jonas Quotes

I like Instagram – it’s a good way to keep up with my friends without having to text or call all the time, and I really like Snapchat.

I think that dating other musicians can be complicated at times. Especially when they think highly of themselves.

I think a lot of what you do in acting, and for the most part singing and dancing and everything, is trial and error. It’s all about just seeing what works, and if it does, to use it, and if not, to throw it away.

I keep my political views to myself.

It’s a dream of mine to win a Grammy one day. I’m not saying I’m Grammy-worthy, but it would be a dream come true.

I see my career as not just music, but as hopefully an entertainer on all mediums, and someone who can have real influence and make great art.

I grew up here in New York City and New Jersey, performing on Broadway shows, surrounded by some of my closest friends from the LGBT community. My father, a minister from New Jersey, shaped my view that love is love, that we are all equal.

Growing up, my dad was a pastor, and much like The First Family or people in front of the public eye, we were highly scrutinized as a family within the church and looked at as – well, I guess you would call an example of what that family image should be.

As far as One Direction goes, and Mindless Behavior and all the other bands, I’m all for it, and if there’s ever an opportunity to work with them, that’d be great.

Being a pastor’s kid comes with a lot of pressure and scrutiny. A lot of my dad’s sermons were about respect. It was a beautiful way to be taught about love and two people being equal.

My faith plays a big part in who I am: a Christian guy playing pop-rock music. I’m in a pop-rock band, not a Christian band.

I’m actually pretty good with computers. I use computers when I’m working on making and producing music, so I do know a thing or two!

I would have studied English, but I really don’t like to read.

I’m not one of these Disney haters. I’m really appreciative of the foundation it laid for me.

I am who I am, and I can’t change that. It’s not something I’ve labored over.

Acting has always been a passion of mine, so any opportunity that allows me to do that is definitely of interest to me.

I have really musical parents, and my dad was always encouraging, but the desire to get onstage and perform really did come from me. I’d never push my future children.

I get to wake up every day and create music. And even when it’s a tough moment as far as career ups and downs, it’s always something you’re passionate about, and it’s a beautiful way to spend your life.

Find things you’re passionate about, and find others who are as passionate as you are and will focus on giving you an opportunity to shine and to have your moment where you can be in front of others to show what you can do.

I’ve always been quite driven. I take after my father.

It doesn’t matter if the world is pulling you down. With Christ, you have everything.

The tricky thing is, from what I’ve heard, I’m a bit emotionally unavailable.

The world of music is changing so dramatically every day, the way people hear music. It’s different. It’s a new day and requires new thinking.

I’ve been known to drop a spoken-word bit into a song from time to time. But not straight-up rap. I don’t know that I have that gift.

I made a resolution in 2010 to stop drinking Diet Coke, and I haven’t had Diet Coke since then. I think it was the best life change I’ve ever made, because I drank quite a lot of it.

Quality. That’s the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

I admire Kings of Leon. I think their records are amazing. Just from hanging out with them, I can say they’re good guys. It’s cool to see that they get to do what they love. But I think they clearly have an appreciation for where they came from, and it has shaped who they are.

I love the show ‘Nashville,’ I mean, that’s a show that’s pretty incredible.

I really like scripted dramas. My favorite show of all time would have to be ‘Lost’: I loved how the writers and producers were able to weave the different storylines together; and the acting in that show was incredible.

I think part of the beauty of being a pop phenomenon is that you’re going 1,000 miles per hour, and it’s all happening – and that’s also the hard part about it.

I think my favorite song from another artist would have to be ‘Superstition’ by Stevie Wonder.

I have a lot of memos in my phone of songs; I’ve had dreams about a melody. It’s always melody first as far as when stuff like that happens – I find that my melodic sense is my strongest asset as a songwriter.

I’ve been blessed to have acting opportunities in movies, television, as well as Broadway, and definitely want to continue to do so.