And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.

I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk.

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band.

And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach.

I used to have friends come on tour and work as my drum tech, but they get bummed out when I have to tell them what to do. This time I'm just going to fly them out and let them hang. It's all good.

Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.

I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.

We never worry about the big things, just the small things.

Put me up in front of a million people and ask me to speak. I'll flop. But put me behind my drums and I'll always go with it.

Express yourself, put stuff down on tape, and see what lives.

They were daughters of the sky. Luck belonged to them— never bad, often good, sometimes hard.

Think twice as much as others.Study twice as much as others.Work twice as much as others.Give twice as much as others.

When you look in the mirror and say, 'I love you,' don't worry if you don't believe it yet. Love is far more powerful than your limiting beliefs.

The sound of her laughter was sticky as sap, the smell of night-blooming jasmine soft as a milk bath.

What’s yours? How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out.

I'm hoping one day to open my own shelter. I would be the person with the three-legged dog. I just love animals more than people; I really do.

Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone "come out" to you is the "pretending to be surprised" part.

An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.