My mom and I have always been really close. She’s always been the friend that was always there.

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

Maybe part of find what you wanted was recognizing what you didn't want. Maybe there was hope for me yet.

Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.

Conservatively, I am saying that social networking has made being in a band more fun, but not necessarily changed how the business works.

If inflation is the genie, then deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively.

You can't argue with stupidity.

I mean, it's pretty hard to fight and hate and be angry when you're making music, isn't it?

Sometimes you think in order to act, sometimes you act in order to think.

The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.

I work without commercial considerations.

I was lucky to get one good adaptation. Field of Dreams the Musical is lurking in the wings. Hope it will provide my daughters with a ton of money someday.