I can trust my friends... these people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow.

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life.

For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin.

Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.

Pay no attention to haters, attention is what they crave.

The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world.

I will never fit in because I was not meant to

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.

We are born among relatives. Family is defined by loyalty.

Wrap parties can be really sad, actually, disorienting.

I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.

I would like to help my people in any way I can. It's difficult times in Pakistan and we all have to help.

An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.

Every person I've met has influenced my songs.

President Obama wants Congress to increase the minimum wage. Believe me, when it comes to doing the minimum for their wage, Congress knows what it's talking about.

That's where you just have to get creative. There are all these trampoline parks and there's bowling and there's roller skating.

What power would Hell have if those imprisoned were not able to dream of Heaven?

At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron.