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

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.

Don't win someone you're willing to lose

They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn't hurt as much.

One single letter cures the blank page.

We have looked into the future and the future is ours.

Festivals are weird, you never know what to expect so it's a bit more nerve wracking then playing your own show.

People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share.

Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church.

There is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass.

Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called insecticides, but biocides.

Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee.