Love that so many of you are saying your 2 fav bands are Green Day & Paramore. Do you even realize how cool that is for us to hear!?

If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.

No boy is worth your teenage years!.

Believe in your dreams even when they seem lost.

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.

People who are 'different' are usually the ones that end up making a difference in the world.

Remember to enjoy everything. The things that feel good, the things that hurt. It’s all gonna make you better. Stronger.

I believe music is a place everyone of us can go to. I don’t care who you are, where you were born, what you do with your life. Everyone can come here in music and be equal.

Life is not always good, which is why music exists.

Suicide is no solution. Keep fighting.

To anyone that ever told you you're no good.. they're no better.

Spring dances with joy in every flower and in every bud letting us know that changes are beautiful and an inevitable law of life.

Relentless criticism in childhood can internalize a parental scorn that no amount of success will silence.

I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.

I want to bring that childlike approach every night - just go out there and have fun. I want to play like a kid, for fun but with intensity. Play to win.

After I script the movie, I have to storyboard it out, I have to budget it, and I have to understand if I can afford all those visual effects or not.

Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others.

ETHNOMAGNETISM: The tendency of young people to live in emotionally demonstrative, more unrestrained ethnic neighborhoods: 'You wouldn't understand it there, mother - they hug where I live now.'

There are always very angry or very cruel people that attach to movements.

Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game

I'm very involved with PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals - and Greenpeace and a lot of women's shelter and clothing giveaways.