I think Shazam is one of the coolest inventions on the planet, and whether I was in a thrift store or in my car, every other week I was Shazaming another Best Coast song.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

Couples swayed and embraced to the beat as the singer's vocals soared above a group of confused teenagers and twenty-something's.

The library, like the thrift shop, specialised in the leavings of the elderly dead.

What is it that love does to a woman? Without it she only sleeps with it alone she lives.

I made a pact with myself that I'd rather have less money than be embarrassed.

Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.

I went to a public high school that had a very small graduating class of 156 students. I lived a relatively normal childhood until I turned probably around 16. Things started to take off career-wise.

I always try to do something for my husband that's completely selfless, and something that I hope will rock his world in some form or fashion.

If you are too attached to your own thinking and how everything is done now, then nothing will change for the better.

I always say that you can't be afraid to ask the question. What's the worst that could happen? The answer could be "no" and you go on.