So many times nowadays it's about having two good songs on an album and a bunch of filler, and I wanted to make something that I felt every song on the album was fun for everybody.

Everybody at school knew who I was because I'm just a really friendly person.

I am a very open, social, friendly person, and when it comes to people approaching me and asking for an autograph, I am totally cool with doing any of that. It's a lot of fun.

You've got to be fine with who you are.

I like outgoing girls with a lovely smile and beautiful eyes.

I love competition and really going for it and doing my best, but losing isn't really upsetting to me. I feel like if I do lose, the other person really deserved it.

French fries. I have been obsessed with them since I was born. I like big, big steak fries, curly fries, seasoned fries - any kind!

I can do a really high-pitched cartoon voice. Everybody always say they like that.

Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them.

If I'm in a bad mood, my thing is I go clean! That's what relaxes me! I go and clean everything.

Kids look up to me, and it's really incredible to be in that position.

Rebellion is when you look society in the face and say I understand who you want me to be, but I’m going to show you who I actually am.

Never underestimate a bookworm

Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life.

By the end of my thirties I was a mental and physical wreck!

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.

Flowers are red, and green leaves are green. There's no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen.

The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.

I do enjoy working with writers.

We have to know who we are and know what we believe.

Woman has suffered for eons, and that has given her infinite patience and infinite perseverance.