Baz Luhrrman's movie Romeo and Juliet is what made me decide that I wanted to dedicate my life to making films one way or another.

All of my favorite songs can bring me to tears. Some are rock, some are blues, some are love ballads. That's why I play music - to touch other people as I have been touched.

Two quiet people are not very fun together.

I think ever since I was a kid I knew subconsciously that I wanted to be an actor. I would walk around the house pretending I was somewhere else.

Best advice was from a man by the name of James Dean. "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today". I read that my senior year in high school and have never stopped since.

I am inspired musically by anyone who can write a song that can bring me to tears.

My mom is a singer and my Dad introduced me to bands such as Zeppelin and the Stones so music has always played a huge part in my life.

I have always been into music ever since I was a kid.

It's very rare that you get a group of people who are all passionate and driven and all get along.

I am always a big believer that if you work hard enough and you work out of passion, a person can do anything.

For some reason when I decide to pursue something, I never have any fear that it won't happen. I think it's just ingrained in my brain. Which I guess is a great advantage.

Always cherish the gift of reading.

We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.

to be right in the wrong direction may be wrong

... to pause is to win & to rest can actually be part of the victory.

We are never deceived we deceive ourselves.

The last thing I would ever do though is actively work against another woman.

No one sells records anymore. It's all about touring. It's all greatest hits records and box sets. And even those don't sell. People just go online.

The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't do MMD.

We have one cat. I had eight cats and six dogs in Los Angeles.