I can tell that fame is probably the most unadorable thing about acting. High School Musical is what got me here today and I'm very grateful - but the fame part isn't so fun.

You don't really know how beautiful a girl is, until you meet her, all her beauty is in her personality.

Personally, I was never the cool kid. I was always sort of a bookworm.

I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it's up to you to walk through them.

Every day is a new experience and I take it as it comes.

When you're young everything feels like the end of the world, but its not; its just the beginning.

If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.

High School Musical has been a blessing and a gift.

I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don't see him very often I cherish the time I have with him.

Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.

Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming 'Hairspray.' It's so weird because I grew up watching her.

The only true wisdome is knowing you know nothing.

I had a birthday party with my family and friends at a house, and Chipotle catered. It was beautiful.

I think that what people have failed to talk about is white supremacy.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

Either you will determine truth by your feelings or truth will determine your feelings. Be careful following feelings alone.

And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

Poetry is the most bodily of the arts.

I invite you to consider anew what you know and what you have; what you are here for and where you are going; and how you are going to do what you have come here to do. p 13

There's guilt about our treatment of native peoples in modern intellectual life, and an unwillingness to acknowledge there could be anything good about Western culture.