But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

Turn your fears into excitement.Your anxieties into enthusiasm. Your passion into energy.

The power-hungry individual follows a path to his own destruction.

Pity. What a useless emotion when you don't act on it. Pity is supposed to trigger compassion.

Art is what gets communicated at a live show, which is why live shows are so amazing. To communicate in a different way is a mixed message. It devalues everything.

Success is not a straight line, it's much more of a dance and being open to possibilities.

If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.

Your date appears to be hysterical," Rene told me. "You think I should slap some man into him?

I don't think there's a subject matter that can't absorb 3-D; that can't tolerate the addition of depth as a storytelling technique.

I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.