We have such an amazing future ahead of us.

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

Junior high is so much worse than high school because at least in high school different is more accepted, celebrated actually: all the girls with blue hair and gothic Hello Kitty backpacks.

Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete.

Follow your heart and don't question it, no matter where it tells you to go It will open up a world of experiences you can't even imagine.

People send everyone hate mail. That's the way the world works right now, I'm nothing special.

Animals don't have a voice, so I think it is our job to give them one.

I have always been a very passionate person. Some people are born with this fire burning inside to "do," or create, with an insatiable hunger for knowledge and experience, and I am no exception.

I have nobody. I have surrounded myself with people who are fake just because I need to talk to somebody.

I think the best way to invite people into the conversation is to just create something beautiful out of love, and people naturally gravitate towards a new way of looking at fashion.

I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.

With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.

For a good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it seem almost like a live teacher.

People just don't know how to write down a simple easy line. It's difficult for them; it's like trying to keep a hard-on while drowning - not many can do it.

My old friend, water, my good companion, my beloved mother and father: I am its most natural offspring.

Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.

The truth is, the longer it goes, the harder it gets.

That's kind of the weird thing about Salad Days. I had to block time off from touring and tell my management and label like no press, no nothing. Let me make an album. You guys are running me dead.

I'm a true believer that unless you're Prince or Stevie Wonder - and even Prince is showing that he needs help - not everybody can produce themselves. I'm definitely not that person.

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.