Tidings of Comfort and Joy
"I just don't really feel like dating. I really have this great life right now, and I'm not sad and I'm not crying this Christmas, so I am really stoked about that."
—Asked if she's seeing anyone, Vogue, December 2011
Never Say Never
"It's not like I've sworn off love. My life is just not conducive to bringing other people into it right now. I'm very childlike and romantic about lots of things, but I'm realistic about this."
—On the perils of fame when it comes to finding a truly significant other, to Rolling Stone, Sept. 25, 2014
With Friends, You're Never Alone
"So I'm really happy about the fact that being single doesn't feel like being alone. I have love in my life, I just don't have a relationship, and that feels really natural right now." —On E! News, October 2014
Know Thyself
"I think it's healthy for everyone to go a few years without dating, just because you need to get to know who you are." —Esquire, October 2014
Easier Said Than Done
"You can't say, 'I'm never gonna date a high-profile person in the arts!' But whoever I date, famous or not—whether I ever date again!— all chaos will break loose. With fabrication and frantic obsession and who likes who more and how it ended. But right now is easy because I'm single and happy, and it's very relaxing." —Glamour U.K., November 2013
Be Your Own True Love
"I swore I would never ever get in another relationship if it meant changing who I was, or taking me out of that mode where my friends are everything to me." —Vanity Fair, September 2015
Friends 4-Ever
"When your number-one priority is getting a boyfriend, you're more inclined to see a beautiful girl and think, 'Oh, she's gonna get that hot guy I wish I was dating.' But when you're not boyfriend-shopping, you're able to step back and see other girls who are killing it and think, 'God, I want to be around her.'"
—On girl power in the Sept. 25, 2014, issue of Rolling Stone
Timing Is Everything
"It's not like I've sworn off love. My life is just not conducive to bringing other people into it right now. I'm very childlike and romantic about lots of things, but I'm realistic about this."
—On taking a practical approach to dating in the Sept. 25, 2014, issue of Rolling Stone
Closer to Fine
"I really like my life right now. I have friends around me all the time. I've started painting more. I've been working out a lot. I've started to really take pride in being strong. I love the album I made. I love that I moved to New York. So in terms of being happy, I've never been closer to that."
—On being single and loving it in the Sept. 25, 2014, issue of Rolling Stone