No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are.

I don't know if I've ever been in a clique. The older I've gotten, the more I've realized what a true friend really is. So my friendship circle has changed a bit.

Whatever you do, be happy with you. Don't conform. You are who you are, and you shouldn't change that for anybody.

Don't worry about everything and really enjoy the moment.

Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.

I was never part of that cliquey girl drama. Most of my friends were guys growing up, so I was never part of that whole toxic energy. It seemed like way too much hassle.

Seeing my face on a poster is surreal. You look at it and it's not quite like you, if you know what I mean... it's almost a third person kind of thing. I still find it strange.

In my own personal time, horror films freak me out too much, so I tend to steer clear of watching horror films on my own.

I don't have a TV at my house. I literally do not. I have a television, but I don't have anything plugged into it, though. I watch DVDs.

The teenage years are ridiculously crucial and hard and, um, awkward.

Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose.

Leaders scan the future so it can be free of doubts and fear. They do so by not living a double standard life in the present.

To a certain degree, We all seek, life’s purpose and meaning, love, peace and joy, and knowledge, wealth and power…

I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.

I don't rely on muscle power to dig, I use a sharp spade and I wear boots.

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

An honest lie is better than a boring truth.

I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.

It's amazing to me that they're cutting physical education programs in the school systems.

As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.