The lasting legacy of the Cooter Smash is that I'm the first to know when it's going to rain. That's right. I both sing and predict the weather with my hoo hoo.

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.

Not everyone is going to like what you do or what you have to offer. However, if you can’t see yourself doing anything else, and you have the drive and ambition, get the training and go for it.

I was on the cheerleading squad and drama and the choir, but I was friends with everybody. I was not a partier. I was too Type A and crazy about my grades, but I was still there at everything.

You will have the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, just remember to always handle yourself with grace and dignity.

Life's too short. I'm not!

Laughter is life-giving. It makes you breathe.

I love live theater; I like the relationship between the show and the audience. That's my comfort zone, but more than anything, it's what makes me happy.

I'm constantly learning, and that is the greatest gift of life in my opinion - to always be learning and growing.

Oatmeal tastes so good on its own, you don't even need to add sugar.

Two scoops of crazy with a side of coo coo ca choo

The world won't end with a bang or a whimper. It'll end with the death screams of a thousand demons and a defiant, carefree, savage, wolfen howl.

People used to play with toys.Now the toys play with them.

The early morning has gold in its mouth.

I can understand other people's situations in their own terms, but I still can't understand mine.

Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli's eyes. And what he saw was...himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger than what he thought of himself. Seen with love." (Let the Right One In)

How did this or that change my music? The only time I have to think about it is when an interviewer asks me that.

People are trying to decide whether the man-made disaster is worse than Mother Nature's disaster.

But at least he can still see the lights below us. Although maybe for him it doesn't matter.

I think the three years have demonstrated how little this argument has to do with reality.